A quick tour of the Xenocide.XNA codebase.
Assorted Prequel Notes:
This document is intended to give someone who is new to Project Xenocide a quick overview of where the pieces that make it up are, and how they interact.
Also, this document is a work in progress, so if you have additional questions, corrections or comments, please let us know.
This document was as accurate as I could make it at the time of writing (latest revision was 2007-02-05) but it’s probable that some of the information is now out of date.
When paths to files are given below {PX} refers to the root directory you’ve copied the files to.
Architecture Overview:
Xenocide.XNA is written in C#, using the Microsoft XNA framework.
Currently, the only other 3rd party library being used is CeGui#. Which is used to provide UI widgets. (Push buttons, scroll bars, Edit boxes, text, etc.)
As XNA framework is being used, the main “pump” of the program is a class derived from Microsoft.Framework.Xna.Game. In Xenocide, this class is called Xenocide, and is in the file {PX}/Xenocide/Source/Xenocide.cs
As you probably know, the Xna framework is essentially a loop that looks like
while(true)
{
Xenocide.Update(GameTime);
Xenocide.Draw(GameTime);
}
Where Update() is where we update the game’s state (e.g. Position of craft, progress of research, etc.) And Draw() is where we render images to the display.
Now, as Xenocide has a great many screens, there is a separate class for each screen, and a ScreenManager class that keeps track of the screen that is currently being shown. So, the logic flow is:
Xenocide.Update() calls ScreenManger.Update(), which calls Update() for the screen currently being shown.
Likewise, Xenocide.Draw() calls ScreenManger.Draw(), which calls Draw() for the screen currently being shown.
The Screens (and ScreenManger) are found in {PX}/ Xenocide/Source/UI/Screens.
Anatomy of a Screen:
All screens derive from the base class Xenocide.UI.Screens.Screen.
As well as Update() and Draw(), the other major function in each screen is CreateCeguiWidgets(). This is called just before the screen is about to be shown, and it’s function is to create the CeGui# widgets that will appear on the screen.
Each Screen also has a number of event handlers, to respond to the user interacting with the CeGui# widgets. E.g. Clicking on a mouse button.
How updating works
The Screens themselves don’t maintain the “global game state”. This is kept in the GameState class (or one of its contained classes.). Each screen only holds enough game state information to do its job. E.g. consider the “purchase items” screen. The screen will track the number and type of items being requested as the player puts together the order. Then, when the user finally OKs the order, a “shipping container” is created in the GameState and the user's funds are debited
I’ve tried to separate the code into two trees, “Model” and “UI”.
“Model” represents the game state itself, and should have no idea of how it is presented, while “UI” handles the presentation of the game state, and interaction with the user. (It’s essentially the Model/View pattern.)
The GameState tree is rooted at {PX}/ Xenocide/Source/UI/Model.
Screens can change the GameState in one of two ways. Firstly, they can change it directly, in response to user activity. E.g. the purchase items screen mentioned above. Second, they can call GameState’s Update() function. Which tells GameState to update itself to reflect a given period of time passing.
How GameState Update()works
Actually, the above isn’t going to be quite true. The GameState isn’t going to have an Update() function, rather, its contained classes will. To explain further:
“GameState” is the root node for the state.
Note that GameState doesn’t contain just state (i.e. the information we need to save/load to file) it also needs to contain behaviour. (So possibly State in these names should be changed to Model.)
“GameState” can (and probably should) be broken down into smaller sets: e.g. GeoState, Battlestate, Options.
GeoState and Battlestate each need their own GameTime.
So GeoState and Battlestate will have their own update() methods. It’s inside these methods that we do the tick slicing.
The Update() functions of the Geoscape and Battlescape screens will call the Update() functions of the GeoState and Battlestate, respectively.
In many of the screens, game time doesn’t pass. In fact, the only ones where it does are the battlescape, the geoscape (sometimes) and the aeroscape. So in all other screens, Update() is a no-op.
How CeGui# activity (e.g. User clicking on a button) enters the loop
Each screen can have a number of CeGui# components. These derive from Framwork.Xna.GameComponent, so the Xna Framework calls their Update() function after it calls Xenocide’s Update(). And likewise for Draw().
In the CeGui# Update() the controls
Look for user input (mouse/keyboard activity),
Convert this into widget behaviour (e.g. button being pressed, slider being moved, text entered into edit box, etc.)
Call any event handlers the screen has registered for the behaviour
Other notes
As well as separating the View from the Model, I also plan to partition the screens themselves. That is, I plan for screens to be implemented in 3 pieces
Interfacting with CeGui# (and the main loop).
Control logic for the Screen
3D scene(s) on the screen
So,
the screen derived class would provide the CeGui# interface, and the Update() and Draw() hooks.
A second class would class would provide the logic. (e.g. In the purchasing screen, it would keep track of items being ordered, check that the player had sufficient funds and storage space, etc.)
A third class would be provided to encapsulate any 3D scene.
The reason for this is to compartmentalize the things we’re doing, so that when we port to Linux, we change as little code as possible. Currently we’re not sure when (or if) CeGui# or XNA will be available for Linux. So, by putting them into their own parts we can hopefully just replace CeGui# and/or XNA when/if needed.
The GameState class is probably going to get Load() and Save() functions to load/save the game. It will then delegate to the enclosed classes
Need to document time slicing.


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Unit test for the math functions:
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Unit test for addition function
Unit test for subtraction function
Unit test for multiplication function
Unit test for division function
Unit test for square by function
Unit test for square root function


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Ranking Model Reference¶
DNN¶
Description¶
The deep neural network model for learning to rank.
This class implements a deep neural network (DNN) based ranking model. It’s essientially a multi-layer perceptron network.
Hyper Parameters¶
Linear¶
Description¶
A linear model for learning to rank.
This class implements a linear ranking model. It’s essientially a logistic regression model.
Hyper Parameters¶
DLCM¶
Description¶
The Deep Listwise Context Model for learning to rank.
This class implements the Deep Listwise Context Model (DLCM) for ranking.
See the following paper for more information.
Qingyao Ai, Keping Bi, Jiafeng Guo, W. Bruce Croft. 2018. Learning a Deep Listwise Context Model for Ranking Refinement. In Proceedings of SIGIR ‘18
Hyper Parameters¶
GSF¶
Description¶
The Groupwise Scoring Function (with no approaximation) for learning to rank.
This class implements The Groupwise Scoring Function (GSF) based on multi-layer perceptron networks.
See the following paper for more information.
Qingyao Ai, Xuanhui Wang, Sebastian Bruch, Nadav Golbandi, Michael Bendersky, Marc Najork. 2019. Learning Groupwise Scoring Functions Using Deep Neural Networks. In Proceedings of ICTIR ‘19
Hyper Parameters¶
SetRank¶
Description¶
The SetRank model for learning to rank.
This class implements the SetRank model for ranking.
See the following paper for more information.
Liang Pang, Jun Xu, Qingyao Ai, Yanyan Lan, Xueqi Cheng, Jirong Wen. 2020. SetRank: Learning a Permutation-Invariant Ranking Model for Information Retrieval. In Proceedings of SIGIR ‘20


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This interactive module will analyze an in-progess game of tic-tac-toe.
The report will indicate whether the game has been won, whether it's winnable (by either player), as well as some other information.
To begin, click the squares you wish to enter X's or O's in, then click "Run Report." Additionally, you can click "Reset" to clear all squares back to their default values.


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MPEG 1/2 Audio Layer III file |
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WAV |
Waveform Audio file |
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Real Audio |
Proprietary RealNetworks format |
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WMA |
Windows Media Audio format |
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AAC |
Advanced Audio Coding format |
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Ogg/Vorbis |
Vorbis audio format in the Ogg container |
| A111 |
AIFF |
Audio Interchange File format |
| D101 |
Real Video |
Proprietary RealNetworks format. Includes Real Video packaged within a .rm RealMedia container |
| D102 |
Quicktime |
Quicktime container format (.mov) |
| D103 |
AVI |
Audio Video Interleave format |
| D104 |
WMV |
Windows Media Video format |
| D105 |
MPEG-4 |
MPEG-4 container format (.mp4, .m4a) |
| D106 |
FLV |
Flash Video (.flv, .f4v) |
| D107 |
SWF |
ShockWave (.swf) |
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3GP |
3GPP container format (.3gp, .3g2) |
| D109 |
WebM |
WebM container format (includes .mkv) |
| D401 |
PDF |
Portable Document File format |
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GIF |
Graphic Interchange File format |
| D502 |
JPEG |
Joint Photographic Experts Group format |
| D503 |
PNG |
Portable Network Graphics format |
| D504 |
TIFF |
Tagged Image File format |
| E101 |
EPUB |
The Open Publication Structure / OPS Container Format standard of the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) [File
extension .epub]
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| E105 |
HTML |
HyperText Mark-up Language [File extension .html, .htm] |
| E107 |
PDF |
Portable Document Format (ISO 32000-1:2008) [File extension .pdf] |
| E112 |
TXT |
Plain text (either ASCII or UTF-8/16 Unicode) |
| E113 |
XHTML |
Extensible Hypertext Markup Language [File extension .xhtml, .xht, .xml, .html, .htm] |
| E115 |
XPS |
XML Paper Specification |
| E116 |
Amazon Kindle |
A format proprietary to Amazon for use with its Kindle reading devices or software readers [File extensions .azw, .mobi, .prc] |
| E139 |
CEB |
Founder Apabi’s proprietary basic e-book format |
| E140 |
CEBX |
Founder Apabi’s proprietary XML e-book format |
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Paste the output of the above command into the textarea below:


Eskom Predicts Two More Years Of Potential Load Shedding
by NT EditorDespite its efforts to minimise the risk of load shedding and repairing its power systems, Eskom said the country could experience two more years of power cuts.
Speaking on the Gushwell Brooks show on Sunday, deputy spokesperson Dikatso Mothae said the power station units haven’t been properly maintained for a number of years.
The power utility has been implementing blackouts since last week Thursday, citing wet coal and vulnerable and unreliable system among their reasons.
Mothae said getting the systems reliable and in good shape to operate effectively would take some time.
“The bigger issue is because we have not maintained our power station units over many years. It is going to take some time to get to a state where they are more reliable. Currently, the system is very vulnerable and unpredictable.”
Mothae said they were working on having a more predictable system in the long run, adding, however, that that might take some time.
“We are working around making sure that in the long term that we have a more predictable system, but it will take some time to get to that point – we’re talking about two years and we’d have to live with potential load shedding.”


Welcome, this is the course tutorial site. You can use the search box to the right to find things when you’re not sure which week they’re in, or you can navigate to a week’s pages on the right or use the menu below. Please understand that the blog may evolve over time.
I played around with a number of concepts to organize and present essential materials to acquire real skill with SQL. At present, the course focuses on Oracle SQL because it is the most robust and widely used relational database engine. These web pages and external references to other web content replace the cost and utility of a textbook.
I’m also using JQuery to employ page folding and tabbing. This allows you to focus on a item of interest without seeing the detail content. at once. You can read HowToBrowsePages for more information on folding and tabbing.
The summaries of the tutorials are:
- Week 01: Installations
- Week 02: Tables
- Week 03: Modeling Data
- Week 04: Inserting Data
- Week 05: Querying Data Through SQL Joins
- Week 06: Table Maintenance
- Week 07: SELECT-List Decision Making
- Week 08: Insert Data from Queries
- Week 09: External Tables
- Week 10: Outer Join Selection
- Week 11: MERGE Statement
- Week 12: Selective Aggregation
- Week 13: LAMP Architecture
- Week 14: Dynamic Web Pages


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By The Numbers
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Visited Site Domain : Tracker Domain : Tracker Type(s)


This is a nicely centred column, designed to create a more pleasing reading experience on a wide desktop computer. It's not nice to have to read a really long line and then find the start of the next one, so a narrower column of text makes things nicer.
However, our good intentions can work against us if we set this column up with a fixed width, as that fixed width might be larger than the width of a mobile screen! Given that so many people view the web on their mobile, we should really make sure they can read what we write!
Here's an image included at its native size
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We spend a lot of time watching the web, reading how developers work with PhoneGap and celebrating their apps. So, after last week's launch, we were pleased by the reception PhoneGap 1.0 received and the attention it got in the media. Here's a roundup of some of the tech publications that covered the release:
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News of PhoneGap's 1.0 release also caught the attention of writers in Russia, German and China, which is awesome!


@since SDL 7.0.0
Convenience initializer to assign all object properties
- (nonnull instancetype)
initWithUserSelectedGear:(nullable SDLPRNDL)userSelectedGear
actualGear:(nullable SDLPRNDL)actualGear
transmissionType:(nullable SDLTransmissionType)transmissionType;
init(userSelectedGear: SDLPRNDL?, actualGear: SDLPRNDL?, transmissionType: SDLTransmissionType?)
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- actualGear
- transmissionType
A SDLGearStatus object
Gear position selected by the user i.e. Park, Drive, Reverse
@property (nonatomic, strong, nullable) SDLPRNDL userSelectedGear;
var userSelectedGear: SDLPRNDL? { get set }
Actual Gear in use by the transmission
@property (nonatomic, strong, nullable) SDLPRNDL actualGear;
var actualGear: SDLPRNDL? { get set }
Tells the transmission type
@property (nonatomic, strong, nullable) SDLTransmissionType transmissionType;
var transmissionType: SDLTransmissionType? { get set }


Custom component implementations using Material elements often want to apply theme colors
to their custom components. Consider the custom <user-card>
component below
where the md-colors
attribute is used to color the background and text colors
using either the current or specified theme palette colors.
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About Me
A student of Moringa School. Passionate about backend software engineering, data science and artificial intelligence I spend a considerable amount of time learning Mathematics and Physics concepts and also facinated about astrophyics.
A student of Moringa School. Passionate about backend software engineering, data science and artificial intelligence I spend a considerable amount of time learning Mathematics and Physics concepts and also facinated about astrophyics.
Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.
- Immanuel Kant


These exercises are part of the asynchronous component of this course. Material is taught and demonstrated, but at times you are asked to complete one of the exercises to help you master the new concepts.In the repository you are using for this course, look inside the exercises source folder, and you will see assignments organized by name. Before continuing on to the next portion of the asynchronous material, spend some time on the exercise. When you are finished, commit your code so that credit for the exercise can be given.
It is not so important that you get the exercise exactly right. It is important to work through it as best you can before you look at the solution or continue with other work in this module.
Before starting this exercise:
Be sure to update your repository before beginning this assignment, so that you receive any code you need.
Do not use constants here: pretend that the names array could be of any length.
After completing this exercise:
Commit any files you have changed so that you receive credit for your work!
Before starting this exercise:
Be sure to update your repository before beginning this assignment, so that you receive any code you need.
You can watch just enough of the solution video to get unstuck and then try moving forward on your own.
After completing this exercise:
Commit any files you have changed so that you receive credit for your work!
Before starting this exercise:
Be sure to update your repository before beginning this assignment, so that you receive any code you need.
Your columns should line up nicely, assuming that all products take at most 2 digits. In other words, it should look nice when given an input value of 9. For greater values, your columns need not line up but the data should be correct.
After completing this exercise:
Commit any files you have changed so that you receive credit for your work!


ANTZ 1998 A film review by Timothy Voon Copyright 1998 Timothy Voon 3 *** out of 4 **** for an insect movie with a bite
ANTZ (DreamWorks) Voices: Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Sylvester Stallone, Jennifer Lopez, Christopher Walken, Anne Bancroft. Screenplay: Todd Alcott and Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz. Producers: Brad Lewis, Aron Warner and Patty Wooton. Directors: Eric Darnell and Tim Johnson
In what is undoubtedly one of the funniest insect movies to date (there haven't been that many, one other comes to mind - MICROCOSMOS, was unintentionally funny) we are presented with a rare product of clever devices. DreamWorks has used the miracle of computer generated graphics to bring across a heart warming story of how being an individual is integral to being a part of society. Using the neurosis of a very Woody Allen character, we are charmed with something that Disney would have been proud to present to the public.
This movie is littered with an impressive profile of Hollywood actors. You will know who they are, even if you don't recognise their voice. Stallone plays another caring, sensitive big guy role that brought him critical acclaim in COPLAND - pulls out his droll voice for ‘Weaver' the ant who gets hurt for a friend. I'm not sure whether Sharon Stone will ever come close to royalty, but she gets her chance as ‘Bala', the ant princess with an attitude.  Whilst Chritopher Walken does something less typical and allows his conscience to take a turn for the better in the end. There are many more fame names, but the movie really belongs to Z-4195 (Woody Allen). His character comes across like something the comedian would have written about himself, and was undoubtedly written with him in mind.
This is a commendable effort containing computer generated graphics, adult and kiddy humour, mixed in with relevant social issues. A very entertaining, innovative enterprise from the DreamWorks team.
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Analytic, algabraic functions of space and time are used for a variety of
purposes, including boundary conditions, initial conditions, and independent
variables.
For initial conditions, functions are prescribed of space only, i.e.
u = f(x, y, z)
For boundary conditions and independent variables, functions are also a
function of time:
u = f(t, x, y, z)
A [function-spec] is used to prescribe these functions.
It is straightforward to add new functions as needed.
Constant function is defined as f(x) = a, for all x.
- "value" [double] The constant to be applied.
Example:
<ParameterList name="function-constant">
<Parameter name="value" type="double" value="1.0"/>
</ParameterList>
A piecewise function of one variable.
A tabular function is tabulated on a series of intervals; given values
xi, yi, , i = 0, ...n − 1 and functional forms fj, , j = 0, ...n − 2 a tabular function f(x) is defined as:
f(x)
=
y0,
x ≤ x0,
f(x)
=
fi − 1(x)
x ∈ (xi − 1, xi],
f(x)
=
yn − 1,
x > xn − 1.
The functional forms fj may be constant, which uses the left endpoint, i.e.
fi(x) = yi,
linear, i.e.
fi(x) = (yi*(x − xi) + yi + 1*(xi + 1 − x)) ⁄ (xi + 1 − xi)
or arbitrary, in which the fj must be provided.
The xi and yi may be provided in one of two ways -- explicitly in the input spec or from an HDF5 file. The length of these must be equal, and the xi must be monotonically increasing. Forms, as defined on intervals, must be of length equal to the length of the xi less one.
Explicitly specifying the data:
- "x values" [Array(double)] the xi
- "y values" [Array(double)] the yi
- "forms" [Array(string)] linear, "constant", "USER_DEFINED"
- "USER_DEFINED" [function-spec] user-provided functional forms on the interval
- "x coordinate" [string] t, "x", "y", "z" defines which coordinate direction the xi are formed, defaulting to time.
The below example defines a function that is zero on interval ( − ∞, 0],
linear on interval (0, 1], constant (f(x)=1) on interval (1, 2],
square root of t on interval (2, 3],
and constant (f(x)=2) on interval (3, ∞].
Example:
<ParameterList name="function-tabular">
<Parameter name="x values" type="Array(double)" value="{0.0, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0}"/>
<Parameter name="x coordinate" type="string" value="t"/>
<Parameter name="y values" type="Array(double)" value="{0.0, 1.0, 2.0, 2.0}"/>
<Parameter name="forms" type="Array(string)" value="{linear, constant, USER_FUNC}"/>
<ParameterList name="USER_FUNC">
<ParameterList name="function-standard-math">
<Parameter name="operator" type="string" value="sqrt"/>
</ParameterList>
</ParameterList>
</ParameterList>
Loading table from file (note that "USER_DEFINED" is not an option here, but could be made so if requested):
- "file" [string] filename of the HDF5 data
- "x header" [string] name of the dataset for the xi in the file
- "y header" [string] name of the dataset for the yi in the file
- "forms" [Array(string)] linear, "constant"
The example below would perform linear-interpolation on the intervals provided by data within the hdf5 file "my_data.h5".
Example:
<ParameterList name="function-tabular">
<Parameter name="file" type="string" value="my_data.h5"/>
<Parameter name="x coordinate" type="string" value="t"/>
<Parameter name="x header" type="string" value="/time"/>
<Parameter name="y header" type="string" value="/data"/>
</ParameterList>
A smooth C2 function f(x) on interval [x0, x1] is
defined such that f(x) = y_0 for x < x0, f(x) = y_1 for x > x_1, and
monotonically increasing for x ∈ [x0, x1] through cubic
interpolation.
Example:
<ParameterList name="function-smooth-step">
<Parameter name="x0" type="double" value="0.0"/>
<Parameter name="y0" type="double" value="0.0"/>
<Parameter name="x1" type="double" value="1.0"/>
<Parameter name="y1" type="double" value="2.0"/>
</ParameterList>
A generic polynomial function is given by the following expression:
f(x) = n∑j = 0cj(x − x0)pj
where cj are coefficients of monomials,
pj are integer exponents, and x0 is the reference point.
Example:
<ParameterList name="function-polynomial">
<Parameter name="coefficients" type="Array(double)" value="{{1.0, 1.0}}"/>
<Parameter name="exponents" type="Array(int)" value="{{2, 4}}"/>
<Parameter name="reference point" type="double" value="0.0"/>
</ParameterList>
A multi-variable linear function is formally defined by
f(x) = y0 + n − 1∑j = 0gj(xj − x0, j)
with the constant term "math:y_0 and gradient g0, g1 ..., gn − 1.
If the reference point x0 is specified, it must have the same
number of values as the gradient. Otherwise, it defaults to zero.
Note that one of the parameters in a multi-valued linear function can be time.
Here is an example:
<ParameterList name="function-linear">
<Parameter name="y0" type="double" value="1.0"/>
<Parameter name="gradient" type="Array(double)" value="{{1.0, 2.0, 3.0}}"/>
<Parameter name="x0" type="Array(double)" value="{{2.0, 3.0, 1.0}}"/>
</ParameterList>
A separable function is defined as the product of other functions such as
f(x0, x1, ..., xn − 1) = f1(x0) f2(x1, ..., xn − 1)
where f1 is defined by the "function1" sublist, and
f2 by the "function2" sublist:
<ParameterList name="function-separable">
<ParameterList name="function1">
function-specification
</ParameterList>
<ParameterList name="function2">
function-specification
</ParameterList>
</ParameterList>
An additive function simply adds two other function results together.
f(x) = f1(x) + f2(x)
where f1 is defined by the "function1" sublist, and
f2 by the "function2" sublist:
<ParameterList name="function-additive">
<ParameterList name="function1">
function-specification
</ParameterList>
<ParameterList name="function2">
function-specification
</ParameterList>
</ParameterList>
A multiplicative function simply multiplies two other function results together.
f(x) = f1(x)*f2(x)
where f1 is defined by the "function1" sublist, and
f2 by the "function2" sublist:
<ParameterList name="function-multiplicative">
<ParameterList name="function1">
function-specification
</ParameterList>
<ParameterList name="function2">
function-specification
</ParameterList>
</ParameterList>
Function composition simply applies one function to the result of another.
f(x) = f1(f2(x))
where f1 is defined by the "function1" sublist, and
f2 by the "function2" sublist:
<ParameterList name="function-composition">
<ParameterList name="function1">
function-specification
</ParameterList>
<ParameterList name="function2">
function-specification
</ParameterList>
</ParameterList>
A piecewise bilinear function extends the linear form of the tabular function to two variables.
Define i(x) = i:xi < x < = xi + 1 and similarly j(y) = j:yj < y < = yj + 1 for monotonically increasing xi and yj.
Given a two-dimensional array ui, j, f is then defined by
bilinear interpolation on ui(x), j(y), ui(x) + 1, j(y), ui(x), j(y) + 1, ui(x) + 1, j(y) + 1, if:math: is in
[x0, xn] × [y0, ym], linear interpolation if one of x, y
are out of those bounds, and constant at the corner value if both are out of
bounds.
- "file" [string] HDF5 filename of the data
- "row header" [string] name of the row dataset, the xi
- "row coordinate" [string] one of "t",`"x`",`"y`",`"z`"
- "column header" [string] name of the column dataset, the yi
- "column coordinate" [string] one of "t",`"x`",`"y`",`"z`"
- "value header" [string] name of the values dataset, the ui, j
Example:
<ParameterList name="function-bilinear">
<Parameter name="file" type="string" value="pressure.h5"/>
<Parameter name="row header" type="string" value="/time"/>
<Parameter name="row coordinate" type="string" value="t"/>
<Parameter name="column header" type="string" value="/x"/>
<Parameter name="column coordinate" type="string" value="x"/>
<Parameter name="value header" type="string" value="/pressure"/>
</ParameterList>
A distance function calculates distance from reference point x0
using by the following expression:
f(x) = n∑j = 0mj(xj − x0, j)2
Note that the first parameter in x can be time.
Here is an example of a distance function using isotropic metric:
Example:
.. code-block:: xml
- <ParameterList name="function-distance">
- <Parameter name="x0" type="Array(double)" value="{1.0, 3.0, 0.0}"/>
<Parameter name="metric" type="Array(double)" value="{1.0, 1.0, 1.0}"/>
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</ParameterList>
A multi-variable monomial function is given by the following expression:
f(x) = cn∏j = 0(xj − x0, j)pj
with the constant factor c, the reference point x0, and
integer exponents pj.
Note that the first parameter in x can be time.
Here is an example of monomial of degree 6 in three variables:
<ParameterList name="function-monomial">
<Parameter name="c" type="double" value="1.0"/>
<Parameter name="x0" type="Array(double)" value="{1.0, 3.0, 0.0}"/>
<Parameter name="exponents" type="Array(int)" value="{2, 3, 1}"/>
</ParameterList>
These functions allow to set up non-trivial time-dependent boundary conditions
which increases a set of analytic solutions that can be used in convergence
analysis tests.
f(x) = A*operator(p*(x − s))
or
f(x) = A*operator(x − s, p)
Note that these operate only on the first coordinate, which is often time.
Function composition can be used to apply these to other coordinates (or
better yet a dimension could/should be added upon request).
- "operator" [string] specifies the name of a standard mathematical function.
Available options are "cos", "sin", "tan", "acos", "asin", "atan",
"cosh", "sinh", "tanh", "exp", "log", "log10", "sqrt", "ceil",
"fabs", "floor", "mod", and "pow".
- "amplitude" [double] specifies a multiplication factor a in formula a f(x).
The multiplication factor is ignored by function mod. Default value is 1.
- "parameter" [double] 1.0 specifies additional parameter p for
math functions with two arguments. These functions are "a pow(x[0], p)"
and "a mod(x[0], p)". Alternative, scales the argument before
application, for use in changing the period of trig functions.
- "shift" [double] specifies a shift of the function argument. Default is 0.
Example:
<ParameterList name="function-standard-math">
<Parameter name="operator" type="string" value="sqrt"/>
<Parameter name="amplitude" type="double" value="1e-7"/>
<Parameter name="shift" type="double" value="0.1"/>
</ParameterList>
This example defines function 1e-7 sqrt(t-0.1).


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Write complex reliable layouts easy, by using declarative readable syntax and pure code approach. This way you never has to rewrite your layout again using other whatever way to do it. Its always compatible because it is based on basic UIKit underlying technology. You don’t need to learn new artificial paradigms to solve the same puzzle by different methods all over again, just get better in real programming and focus on your task, not new ways of doing things that distract you from making great products.
Example
import RenetikLayout
class MainView: CSView {
override func onCreateLayout() {
super.onCreateLayout()
background(.demo_panel)
add(view: CSView.construct(), onCreate: {
$0.matchParentWidth()
$0.add(view: SwitchButton.construct(icon: .chevron_right, title: "test"))
.matchParentWidth()
.background(.demo_control).heightToFit()
$0.add(view: ImageTitleSubtitleButton.construct(), onCreate: {
$0.matchParentWidth().heightToFit().background(.demo_control)
}, onLayout: {
$0.fromPrevious(top: 15)
})
}, onLayout: {
$0.heightToFit().centeredVertical()
})
// debugLayoutByRandomBackgroundColor()
}
}
Demo
To run the example project, clone the repo and open Demo project.
Requirements
Open and clear mind.
Installation
You can install using swift package manager for now using latest released version.
Author
Renetik, Website
License
Renetik Layout is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.


Flower is a JavaScript library designed to give musicians easy access to UI tools like image/video lightboxes and sound players.
All Flower modules have been built to work easily or automatically. The Moviebox lightbox detects links to YouTube, Vimeo, Vevo, and Quicktime video files. The Imagebox module only requires you to add a class to a links or divs — same for Soundplayer.
These scripts are built using MooTools and the Soundplayer is powered by the excellent SoundManager 2 by Scott Schiller. For more information and advanced usage please refer to the included README file.
Links to video sites and quicktime files are automatically lightboxed:
Images are automatically added to galleries by using the 'flower_imagebox' class on a div or link:
Soundplayers are created by adding the 'flower_soundplayer' class to a div containing links to audio files. Multiple players are handled intelligently, and by adding 'flower_soundplayer' to a link outside a soundplayer div you can even play links inline, like with this link to "Roka" by Calexico.
There is also a special 'flower_soundplayer_pageplayer' that can be added to a div, gathering all audio links on a page not included in other soundplayers for a play-this-page style player. [open page player]
We've also included some handy things like sliding content drawers, progressive-enhancement popup links, and some very basic AJAX behavior:


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On November 10 KST, the company continued to keep 'League of Legends' fans hyped with another teaser image for True Damage, the hip-hop music project featuring Becky G, Keke Palmer, (G)I-DLE's Soyeon, Duckwrth, and Thutmose. The project is meant to help promote a new series of skins that will be released, similarly to how K/DA promoted popstar skins last year, with Soyeon returning as rogue assassin Akali. True Damage will be performing their promotional single "Giants" at the World Championship Finals' opening ceremony for the first time.
The teaser image features an illustration of all five True Damage characters, and also boasts the name of the song as well as the names of the artists involved.
Meanwhile, the 'League of Legends' World Championship Finals' opening ceremony will be aired at 9 PM KST (7 AM EST) on November 10.
Check out the teaser image below!


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Flood hit areas preparing for more heavy rain
Flood hit areas are bracing for more heavy rain as the Met Office issues weather warnings for the next five days.
As Saturday’s rain cleared north into Scotland and northern England, south west England and south Wales are preparing for downpours over the coming days – with yellow weather warnings in place in the region from Sunday until Wednesday.
By midweek, the East Midlands and South Yorkshire are also expecting a deluge, on top of the ground already flooded earlier this month, with a yellow weather warning, and the possibility of flooding, already in place.
Earlier this month, the Army was called in to assist stricken communities after towns and villages around Doncaster and Sheffield and parts of the Midlands were drenched by heavy downpours.
Doncaster Council said more than 900 homes and businesses in the town were affected by the rain earlier this month.
Met Office weather forecaster Alex Burkill said on Saturday evening: “The heavy rain that affected parts of England today has moved north and it’s mainly across Scotland right now.
“That’s where we’ve got the warning for tonight, and the heaviest rain and greatest impacts will be there.”
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On Saturday morning, firefighters in Devon and Cornwall warned drivers to stay away from flooded roads after a number of calls overnight to stranded cars.
Photographs showed flash flooding in areas such as Clyst St Mary in Exeter.
Seven flood warnings are in place across England and Wales on Saturday, alongside 60 less severe flood alerts.
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Mr Burkill added: “Across the next five days we have got warnings for each [day].
“[On Wednesday] it’s covering that area of Yorkshire and Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, that area which saw the severe flooding.
“At the moment, the rainfall is not expected to be particularly heavy for the time of year, but we are expecting it to be significant.
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FILENAME:
Dockerfile
This file will be used for the docker build process so try to keep the default naming convention.
Typically, a Dockerfile
will include a base image such as FROM ubuntu:xenial
at the top of the file. We highly recommend using the Ubuntu Xenial 16.04 image for your module as it has been tested rigorously and is the base image we use for BisQue.
NOTE. If you would like to use a different Ubuntu flavor like 18.04 Bionic, we encourage you to do so and let us know of any problems you encounter.
We typically start off our module Dockerfiles with the following lines:
After these lines, we need to add dependencies for our module such as pip, headers, and any compilers. The next few lines are where we put any apt-get
installs. Usually this is good practice since some pip install packages require a compiler. If one is not present in the container, it might be hard to debug what is missing.
Now we add any pip installs that our module may need such as numpy
, pandas
, Tensorflow
, and any others. If you used a virtual environment to develop module locally, and hopefully you did, then simply use pip freeze > requirements.txt
. This will give you a text file with all the packages you are using in your virtual environment for your module. If you are a diligent person, you probably do not use one virtual environment for all your development in, say, Python 3.6. Hence, you will only have the necessary packages in the requirements.txt
file. From this file, fill in the necessary pip installs within the Dockerfile.
We typically define the working directory as follows:
After this, you can put all of your source code along with the PythonScriptWrapper
inside the /modules
directory.
COPY PythonScriptWrapper /module/
COPY PythonScriptWrapper.py /module/
COPY YOUR_MODULE_SCRIPT.py /module/ # <--- Source folders welcome too
COPY pydist /module/pydist/
ENV PATH /module:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
The last line is the ENV
instruction which sets the environment variable <key>
to the value <value>
. This value will be in the environment for all subsequent instructions in the build stage and can be replaced inline in many as well.
Your last line in the Dockerfile should be the CMD
command. There can only be one CMD
instruction in a Dockerfile. If you list more than one CMD
then only the last CMD
will take effect.
The main purpose of a
CMD
is to provide defaults for an executing container.
For us, we will use the PythonScriptWrapper
as our CMD
command as follows:
Simple, am I right? Let’s put all this together in a concrete example.
The Composite Strength module requires a variety of special packages, such as a very specific version of scikit-learn==0.19.1
. Please be aware that if you do pickle files using scikit-learn
, you might have to use the same exact version to unpickle the file. Some of us found that out the hard way, hence the word of caution.
This simple mistake can be extended to any number of machine learning tasks. We recommend that for maximum reproducibility, use the exact same version of all pip install packages as you did on your local development environment.
Similar to before, we will define our base image of Ubuntu Xenial, run the necessary apt-gets
which is crucial, and install Python
.
Best practice is always to have your pip installs defined in the Dockerfile instead of in a requirements.txt
. The more self-contained, the better.
Additionally, do not forget to install the BQAPI
inside the container.
RUN pip install pymks tables scipy
RUN pip install --user --install-option="--prefix=" -U scikit-learn==0.19.1
RUN pip install -i https://biodev.ece.ucsb.edu/py/bisque/prod/+simple bisque-api==0.5.9
RUN pip install requests==2.10.0
The working directory should be defined as /module
and in there, dump all your source code. If you want to be clean, use a /source
folder in the /module
directory. This is your module container and you have the control to customize the structure in any way that seems feasible to you. In this example, there is only one script that performs the entire analysis pipeline. Some might say too simple, others say efficient.
 The reason we use the PythonScriptWrapper is because it makes life easier for you. Your focus should be on developing breakthrough methods, not how to handshake between a cloud platform and a Docker container.
CMD [ 'PythonScriptWrapper' ]


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By pushing actors with the power to (re)allocate their surplus vaccine doses, and to work towards making sure vulnerable communities in Nepal receive this intervention. For more information see www.vaccinesfornepal.org, which includes our recent letter to the US Ambassador to Nepal. Our Nepal-based petition received tremendous support, with over 20,000 signatures in two days, and 25k when we closed it out. You can find the petition to US Representatives and decision-makers here. We are simultaneously expanding our advocacy to other countries.
We created a "Blueprint", integrating the Nepal government's outline in collaboration with medical doctors who have been treating COVID patients in Nepal and abroad. We are sharing this with individuals and groups who are setting up surge management/isolation centers across Nepal. You can find our initial draft of the blueprint here. We also created a template to self-monitor during home isolation. This is information on home isolation in Nepali. We’ve been working with local government representatives to understand what they require to set up and run these centers, and creating a platform for the private sector to step up and help.
COVID Alliance member HAPSA-Nepal has also created a database of medical officers and nurses to assist with staffing of these isolation centers in collaboration with the local government. Nurses can sign up here. Medical officers can sign up here.
Our team has also been working to identify potential isolation centers and set it up with required resources with food, telemedicine support, staff training, and oxygen supplies for those that need it. We have been advocating with local wards and mayors within our sphere of reach to open isolation centers for their wards. Currently, Alliance member, the Nawa Asha Griha Clinic, is supporting isolation centers by providing medicines, food, ambulance service and oxygen cylinders run by the local ward officers. Isolation centers set up in collaboration with the local governments are in Tokha Ward 2, Budhanilkantha - Golfutar Ward No. 2, and we are scouting for two more centers.
You can donate to the Nawa Asha Griha Clinic here. A list of isolation centers if you are looking for those with oxygen, is here. Please call before going. Please also note that this list is a work in progress.
List: Isolation Center - (this is a live form that is updated regularly
Form: https://alliance4nep.page.link/isolation-centers-form
How you can support this:
responding to patient and caregiver calls looking for medical support staffed by trained nurses and medical officers has been up and running for several days already, this also includes a telemedicine referral. We have been receiving well over 100 calls/day. Given the volume, we have trained and recruited additional medical members and added hours of operation to cover the call distribution times. Please refer to this dashboard for stats.
We receive calls from all over the country and even from abroad seeking information about home care, medication, symptoms, risks, and other COVID related queries. We were able to onboard a Pediatric Consultant for teleconsultation to address any queries related to child health. We frequently receive calls for ICU beds, which we forward to www.covidconnectnp.org, and for oxygen supply, to Alliance’ initiative OxygenforNepal, among others. Furthermore, we keep track of calls that we believe need economic assistance and follow up with the caller. If there is a need for economic assistance we connect them to the Alliance members who are working on food relief or guide them to the nearest distribution center that we are aware of. ASK Foundation and Danphe Care are leading this effort. To support this initiative please go here.
Alliance members have scripted and disseminated Public Service Announcements (PSAs) through community radio stations in local languages. Alliance member Rising Production House Pvt. Ltd has put together relevant information for dissemination, which has been playing for a few days already. Currently 23 local FM across the nation broadcast 5 different PSA in Nepali and Maithili language. The information will be on air for a month. All of this information is for consumption and for local organizations. They are publicly available in this folder.
We have designed 5 PSA in different local languages (Maithili, Bhojpuri, Awadhi, Doteli, Tamang). These are for social media.
Oxygen support, cylinder tracking and circulation/transport support As of May 8th, 6 hospitals in Kathmandu have issued press releases regarding problems with xygen procurement. While we work to understand and get to the core of the problem - is it a problem at the oxygen plant level, or refilling infrastructure or distribution system - we continue to support isolation centers with oxygen. OxygenForNepal initiative led by Creasion, an Alliance member has procured over 35 oxygen cylinders locally and is in the process of importing cylinders from China and an oxygen plant from France through a consortium. Alliance members, Nawa Asha Griha and White Grain Foundation have been directly supporting isolation centers through procurement of Oxygen concentrators, doing the refill. Nawa Asha Griha has been able to do multiple oxygen refills for the isolation center at Tokha and Budhanilkantha. Furthermore, White Grain Foundation procured and distributed 10 oxygen concentrators and 1 high flow oxygen for Swayambhu, Nepalgunj and Surkhet isolation center and Nawa Asha Griha has procured 5 oxygen concentrators for distributions to isolation centers in Kathmandu and in Nepalgunj and Surkhet. You can find out more about their work here - OxygenForNepal, Nawa Asha Griha, White Grain Foundation.
Kosi Collaborative has developed an easy to implement, learn and deploy system to track concentrators and oxygen cylinders. It is a QR code and KoboCollect based tracking system. It is providing the source code, initial training and implementation plan to any organization who is looking to track their concentrators, oxygen cylinders etc, for accountability purposes, the return and flow cycle of equipment, and geographic reach of the support. NRNA Australia is implementing this system for their concentrators.
On May 13th, we partnered with HAPSA-Nepal and Brown University & Project Hope to conduct a training of trainers course on clinical management of COVID-19 with updated evidence-based clinical guidelines. The training includes videos, simulations, and case scenarios. Furthermore, our Alliance partners have been training hotline medical staff and isolation center staff on COVID-19 treatment algorithms, which were prepared and delivered focusing on Nepal. This team led by Dr Ramu Kharel has already conducted several 4-hour trainings, each of which was attended by almost 300 doctors and nurses from across the country.
We're establishing a means by which daily wage laborers, members of marginalized communities, and people who may be having other medical emergencies, can access support. We are still doing outreach for this. We have a proposal for the banking and financial sector to set up a crisis welfare fund as a part of their CSR to support frontline workers at isolation centers in the event that they get sick and need monetary and medical support for Covid-related medical expenses. At present, our suggestion is to have this fund active for up to 4 months, with up to 1 lakh available on a reimbursement basis. The concept note for the welfare fund is here.
Alliance members (Nawa Asha Griha and Jimi) have thus far provided 10 days ration for a family of 5, costing around USD 15 (Npr 1,600) to 100 families this year. They are working towards supporting 1,000 families with rations for up to 6 weeks. Given, government hasn't started food relief, there will be a lot of hunger due to lock downs among the daily wage working families. You can find out more about the initiative here.
Given the current situation is causing a lot of stress, anxiety, and other issues related to the mind, we are organizing various online sessions to help people manage their emotional and mental wellbeing. We are working with mental health organizations to create support group networks and access to relevant and qualified resources.
Biomedical team addresses the maintenance and solutions of biomedical instrumentation. Currently, the main focus is on the oxygen concentrators and oxygen plants. We are supporting the installation, repair, maintenance and operation of the concentrators and plants across the country.
We are collaborating with MOT (Mission Oxygen Team) who are also our leading partner. Robotics Association of Nepal [RAN], Biotechnology Society of Nepal [BSN] and Biomedical Engineering Foundation Nepal [BEFN] are working together as a MOT with a group of 100+ Engineers all over Nepal. Nepal Biomedical Association [NBA] as a supporting organisation. We are also recruiting engineers with biomedical backgrounds or have previously worked on biomedical devices to install, operate, maintain and repair oxygen facilities all over Nepal.
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- getAllStories() - Method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.data.StoryList
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Gets all stories inside from the storyList.
- getAllStories() - Method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.online.OnlineHelper
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This method is used to get ALL stories in our web server.
- getAllStoryTitlesIdAuthor() - Method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.online.OnlineHelper
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Obtains all stories from the server but is only a partial representation
of the object.
- getAnnotations() - Method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.data.Fragment
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Gets the annotations.
- getAuthor() - Method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.data.Story
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The author field of a Story is used for storing the name of the author of
the Story.
- getChoice() - Method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.data.FragmentPart
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The choice field is used by type "c" (choice) FragmentParts to store a
Choice object.
- getChoiceText() - Method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.data.Choice
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Called to return the text of the choice that the user reads.
- getData() - Method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.data.FragmentPart
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The data The data field is used to store data for the "t" (text) and "i"
(illustration) types.
- getFields() - Method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.online.ElasticSearchResponse
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This method is used to obtain only the fields of the returned object from the elastic search.
- getFields() - Method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.online.ElasticSearchSearchResponse
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getFields is used to obtain results when searching for only the fields in a query.
- getFragmentAtPos(int) - Method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.data.Story
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Returns the fragment at the given position
- getFragmentController() - Static method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.data.AdventureCreator
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Returns the FragmentController Singleton.
- getFragments() - Method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.data.Story
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The list of Fragment contains all of the Fragments in the Story.
- getHits() - Method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.online.ElasticSearchSearchResponse
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getHits method is used to get the "hits" or results we get from a search.
- getHits() - Method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.online.Hits
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Obtains the hits of an object of a response
- getId() - Method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.data.Story
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will get id of the story (should be unique).
- getisRandom() - Method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.data.Choice
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obtains the isRandom boolean variable that tells if a choice is a RANDOM
type choice which means it will go to some other choice
- getLinkedToFragmentPos() - Method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.data.Choice
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Called to return the position of a fragment within the list.
- getOfflineIOHelper() - Static method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.data.AdventureCreator
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Returns the OfflineIOHelper Singleton.
- getOnlineHelper() - Static method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.data.AdventureCreator
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Returns the OnlineHelper Singleton.
- getParts() - Method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.data.Fragment
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The list of FragmentParts contains all the content data for the fragment.
- getPicSize() - Method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.data.FragmentPart
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The choice field is used by type "i" (illustration) FragmentParts to
store an illustration size flag.
- getPosition() - Method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.views.EditTextSegOnClickListener
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- getRand(int) - Method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.views.MainActivity
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Obtains a random number from 0 - max
We use this function for the "I'm" feeling lucky method
By generating a number between 0 - max we are ensured that the random position of the story is in the story list
For example a list having 3 stories will call this function with input parameter of 3-1 =2 for valid indices
then we call the random function that a number between 0-3 is returned
- getSource() - Method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.online.ElasticSearchResponse
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This method is used to get the the whole source object obtained from the elastic search response
This method should be used to get the object when the elastic search obtains the whole
source (object) not fields.
- getSources() - Method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.online.ElasticSearchSearchResponse
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getSources obtains all the object from a elastic search query.
- getStartFragPos() - Method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.data.Story
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startFragPos is the index of the first Fragment in a Story.
- getStory(int) - Method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.online.OnlineHelper
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Gets the story by the id from our server.
- getStoryAtPos(int) - Method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.data.StoryList
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Returns the story at the specified position in the list of stories.
- getStoryController() - Static method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.data.AdventureCreator
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Returns the StoryController Singleton.
- getStoryList() - Static method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.data.AdventureCreator
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Returns the StoryList Singleton.
- getStoryListController() - Static method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.data.AdventureCreator
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Returns the StoryListController Singleton.
- getTitle() - Method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.data.Fragment
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The title of a Fragment is used for a user to identify the Fragment.
- getTitle() - Method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.data.Story
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The title of a Story is used for a user to identify the Fragment.
- getType() - Method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.data.FragmentPart
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The FragmentPart's type is a flag that tells what kind of data will be
stored in the FragmentPart.
- getView(int, View, ViewGroup) - Method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.views.FragmentListArrayAdapter
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- getView(int, View, ViewGroup) - Method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.views.FragmentPartAdapter
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- getView(int, View, ViewGroup) - Method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.views.StoryAuthorMapListAdapter
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Returns the inflated view that will be displayed as a listview row.
- getView(int, View, ViewGroup) - Method in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.views.StoryListArrayAdapter
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- goOnline - Static variable in class ualberta.g12.adventurecreator.R.id
-


When They See Us misses out on Golden Globe nominations and fans are fuming
by James BesanvalleThe cast, crew and fans of hit-Netflix show, When They See Us, woke up this morning to zero Golden Globe nominations and it’s absolutely out of order.
It follows the true story of the Central Park Five – five teenage boys of colour who were wrongly convicted of a crime they didn’t commit.
The case was controversial and well-publicised when it first broke, and now, 30 years later and through Ava DuVernay’s lens, we can see a dramatic re-telling of the story unfold in a four-part series.
While the official Twitter account for the show hasn’t responded to the snub, director Ava has and it she decided to rise above it all.
She tweeted: ‘WHEN THEY SEE US is trending nationally. A good thing. More light on the Exonerated 5 and the system of mass criminalization this nation has constructed. For more, watch the project on @Netflix. For even more, go to @ColorofChange or @Innocence.’
Other fans weren’t as composed and didn’t hold back on their criticism.
The Perfection star Logan Browning led the criticism: ‘The #goldebglobes noms just broke my heart. I didn’t want to care, but finding the people of color is an unfruitful scavenger hunt. All white, male directors.
‘Whoever nominates needs the bubble they occupy popped ASAP. WHERE IS WHEN THEY SEE US? Oh right, they don’t.’
You tell ’em, Logan.
One fan of the show tweeted: ‘Wait, “When They See Us” isn’t nominated for a Golden Globe? Wow.’
While another remarked: ‘When They See Us getting ZERO Golden Globe nominations tells you everything you need to know about the #GoldenGlobes.’
Another pointed out a huge disparity: ‘When They See Us went from six Critics’ Choice noms to zero Golden Globes nominations in less than 24 hours.’
And they’re not wrong – the film led the charge with one of the most amount of nominations for the 25th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards.
Actor John Leguizamo tweeted after the announcement yesterday: Wow! This show is the most important I have ever been part of! Thank u @ava @netflix @exonerated. five @whentheyseeus and congrats Ava! And Asante! Doubles for you!’
(The categories were Best Limited Series, Jharrel Jerome for Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television, both Asante Blackk and John Leguizamo for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie Made for TV or Limited Series, as well as both Marsha Stephanie Blake and Niecy Nash for Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television).
Some consolation, but still – what were you thinking, Golden Globes?!
The Golden Globes are on 5 January 2020.
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bricklink-api
Node package for connecting to Bricklink's API.
npm install --save bricklink-api
Basic Usage
Initialize a client with your OAuth credentials as supplied at the following:
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/api/register_consumer.page
You are required to have a Bricklink account and register your IP address from which your application will be using the API. You can also use <IP_ADDRESS> to match any IP address (such as a cloud solution); however, you would need to keep the keys and secrets secure.
var api = require('bricklink-api');
var Client = api.Client,
ItemType = api.ItemType;
var bricklink = new Client({
"consumer_key": "<ConsumerKey>",
"consumer_secret": "<ConsumerSecret>",
"token": "<TokenValue>",
"token_secret": "<TokenSecret>"
});
bricklink.getCatalogItem(ItemType.Part, '3001')
.then(function(part){
console.log(part);
});
\\ Alternate Usage:
var CatalogItem = api.CatalogItem;
var req = CatalogItem.get(ItemType.Part, '3001');
bricklink.send(req)
.then(function(part){
console.log(part);
});
ES6 Support
Read basic usage.
import {Client, ItemType, CatalogItem} from 'bricklink-api';
const bricklink = new Client({
"consumer_key": "<ConsumerKey>",
"consumer_secret": "<ConsumerSecret>",
"token": "<TokenValue>",
"token_secret": "<TokenSecret>"
});
bricklink.getCatalogItem(ItemType.Part, '3001')
.then(part => console.log(part));
\\ Alternate Usage:
let req = CatalogItem.get(ItemType.Part, '3001');
bricklink.send(req)
.then(part => console.log(part));
Documentation
Full API documentation is available at:
https://ryansh100.github.io/bricklink-api
Change Log
- 2017/04/03: Fix bugs with require of dictionaries. Update to make more intuitive imports. Add support for color and category lookup.
- 2021/05/01: Updating the compiling engine, updating the way tests are run


Chapter 3 Applying the Central Limit Theorem
3.1 An example
According the National Center for Health Statistics, the distribution of serum cholesterol levels for 20 to 74-year-old males living in the United States has mean 211 mg/dl, and a standard deviation of 46 mg/dl. We are planning to collect a sample of 25 individuals and measure their cholesterol levels.
We are interested in the following about the sample:
- What is the probability that our sample mean will be above a certain limit, say 230?
- What is the 95% confidence interval of our sample means?
- How do these vary as we collect more samples? Does the probability increase or decrease? Does the size of the confidence interval increase or decrease? By what factor does it increase or decrease?
- Finally, how large would the sample size have to be to ensure a 95% probability that the sample average is within 5 mg/dl of the population mean?
How does the Central Limit Theorem (CLT) help us answer these questions?
3.2 Central Limit Theorem
Given a population with a finite mean \(\mu\) and a finite non-zero standard deviation \(\sigma\), the distribution of the sample means approaches a normal distribution as the sample size increases.
The mean of the sample means is given by
\[\mu_{\bar{X}} = \mu,\]
and the standard deviation of the sample means (also referred to as the standard error of the mean) is given by
\[\sigma_{\bar{X}} = \frac{\sigma}{\sqrt{N}}.\]
For a more precise version of CLT, please refer Wolfram.
An important observation is that no assumptions are made about the distribution of the parental population. It could be discrete or continuous, severely skewed, but as long as the mean and standard deviation are finite, CLT holds. To convince yourself of this, please take a look at examples here or use the simulator here.
3.3 Samples
But what is a sample? We keep using that word, and its meaning is quite an important concept. A sample is a random draw of size N of data from the parent distribution. We obtain a sample of data every time we randomly draw from what we conceptualize as the population of interest. If the population of interest in every student at UMD, then a random draw is obtained by any mechanism that (truly) randomly draws from it (think of an imaginary lottery machine that, after spinning it, we can obtain one student at a time).
And the sample mean? The sample mean is just the average of the measure of interest from the \(N\) units that were sampled. So for each mean, we get exactly one sample mean.
When we’re thinking about the CLT (what it means), we need to think of repeating this process many times to have multiple sample means. Remember, that each sample has \(N\) units. So for each mean, you need to sample a group of size \(N\). This is what the CLT talks about.
One reason this might appear confusing is that in any one given study, we only sample once (with size \(N\)). That’s the world the experimenter lives in (except it she repeats her experiment). But that’s not the world of the CLT, which instead is a world in which we perform an experiment (a sample draw of size \(N\)), over and over. And a few more times…
Back to the previous questions. To answer them, it is essential to know the sampling distribution, that is, the distribution of the sample mean.
- Since the standard deviation of the parent population is known, from CLT it follows that the sampling distribution (\(N=25\)) has a mean \(\mu_{\bar{X}} = 211\) mg/dl, and standard deviation (this is called standard error) \(\sigma_{\bar{X}} = \frac{46}{\sqrt{25}} = 9.2.\) Note that the standard error reduces as the number of samples increase by a factor \(\sqrt{N}.\)
- Our limit, \(230\) mg/dl, is therefore \(\frac{230 - 211}{9.2} = 2.07\) standard deviations away from the mean. In other words, the z-score associated with the limit \(230\) mg/dl is \(2.07\).
- The answer to our first question is simple the probability that a normally distributed random variable is greater than \(2.07\) standard deviations away from the mean = \(1.9\%\) (or \(0.019\)).
- For a normally distributed random variable, 95% of the values lie within 1.96 standard deviations of its mean (on either side). The standard deviation remains the same, \(9.2\). Thus, the \(95\%\) confidence interval is simply, 211 - \(1.96(9.2) = 193.0\) to \(211 + 1.96(9.2) = 229.0\).
- Suppose we had only \(10\) samples. Verify that the new standard error would be \(14.5\) and the z-score associated with the limit, \(230\) mg/dl, would be \(1.31\). The probability of our sample mean being over \(230\) would thus be \(9.6\%\) (almost \(5\) times higher). On the other hand, our confidence interval would be much larger with \(10\) samples; \((182.5, 239.5)\). How about if we had \(50\) samples? This would result is a narrower confidence interval \((198.2, 223.8)\) since the standard error is smaller.
- To answer our final question, we need \(1.96\) standard deviations of the sampling distribution to amount to \(5\) mg/dl. Thus, the standard error should be \(\sigma_{\bar{X}} = \frac{\sigma}{\sqrt{N}} = 5/1.96.\) Since, we know \(\sigma\), \(N = 325.1\). We would need at least \(326\) samples to ensure this confidence interval.
3.4 Hypothesis Testing
Thinking along these lines can be used to develop hypothesis tests and understand p-values. We start again with an example:
Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease that affects lung function. Forced vital capacity (FVC) is the volume of air that a person can expel from the lungs in \(6\) seconds. It is often used as a marker of the progression of cystic fibrosis. \(14\) participants received both a drug and placebo (at different times), and their FVC was measured at the beginning and end of each treatment period. In the study, the mean difference in reduction in FVC (placebo - drug) was \(137\), with a sample standard deviation \(223\). Does the drug have a significant effect?
The null hypothesis is that the drug has no effect, thus the reduction in FVC should be zero. Let’s first find the probability of observing an FVC reduction of greater than \(137\) given the null hypothesis.
We calculate the standard error based on the \(14\) participants as \(\sigma_{\bar{X}} = \frac{223}{\sqrt{14}} = 60.\) The z-score associated with the mean reduction in FVC is given by \(\frac{(137 - 0)}{60} = 2.28\). The probability of observing a value further from the mean by at least \(2.28\) standard deviations, which is also the p-value, which is \(2.2\%\) (or \(0.022\)).
This is a small probability that the drug is having an effect just by chance. Why did we obtain a small probability? Because it’s effect by chance should be zero. But because we’re working with a sample (\(N=14\)) that is randomly drawn from the population, the observed mean reduction will fluctuate from sample to sample. Based on data from our sample, the reduction was \(137\). But how large is \(137\)? We don’t know without some form of calibration, which can be obtained by the information that was given to us: \(\sigma_{\bar{X}}\).
From these data, we can believe that the drug helps prevent deterioration in lung function. At least the data are consistent with this notion in a probabilistic sense. Another way to think about this, it would be somewhat irrational to think that we could obtain the observed result just by chance. Maybe not entirely with a p of basically \(\frac{2}{100}\) but probably with a p of \(\frac{1}{1000}\). But obviously this is somewhat subjective.
3.5 The flaw in the z-test
Is the above reasoning correct? To understand this we need to understand the difference between the first and second examples.
In our first example, an oracle provided us with the standard deviation of the population. Some all-knowing being told us what the population \(\sigma\) was. But in the second example the standard error was based on the sample. To make the distinction clear, we call the standard error based on sample data \(s_{\bar{X}}\).
Important aside: why use the sample and not the population? Populations are essentially Platonic objects. We typically don’t have complete knowledge about the objects we want to study. If we did we wouldn’t need to study them in the first place! So we have to draw samples and do the best based on finite amounts of data. Another way to think about this is that oracles don’t walk around waiting to be interrogated. Maybe they were around in ancient Greece, but not anymore…
Gossett (which published under the pseudonym Student) showed that when the standard error is estimated from sample data, the statistic \(\frac{\bar{x} - \mu}{\sigma_{\bar{X}}}\) is not normal, but follows a t-distribution with \(N - 1\) degrees of freedom (df). The t-distribution looks very much like a normal, but has what we call heavier tails, that is, more mass along the tails relative to the normal.
Thus, the probability associated with a t-score of \(2.28\) with \(14 - 1\) degrees of freedom can be calculated to be \(4\%\) (or \(0.04\)). The p-value obtained from the z-test (\(2.2\%\)) overstates the evidence against the null hypothesis (this is consistent with the fact that a normal is thinner along the tails than the t-distribution).
Examples are borrowed from Introduction to Biostatistics kindly offered by Patrick Breheny at UIowa.
Post by Manasij Venkatesh, with edits by L. Pessoa.


Source code is available on my Github
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- TextArea - Class in classes
-
- TextArea(String) - Constructor for class classes.TextArea
-
Same function as the previous constructor except the size of the rectangle is hard-coded at 600x500
- TextArea(String, boolean) - Constructor for class classes.TextArea
-
TextArea is created with the appropriate dimensions for a timelineView
- TextArea(String, double) - Constructor for class classes.TextArea
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caption initialized to given String
The height of the photo is given so the size of the TextArea can be sized appropriately
- TextPost - Class in classes
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- TextPost(TextPost) - Constructor for class classes.TextPost
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Constructor for TextPost
This constructor is used for copying a TextPost
When a copy of a TextPost is required because the original cannot be used, this constructor is used
- TextPost(Date, TextArea) - Constructor for class classes.TextPost
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Calls super constructor with given Date
text is initialized to given TextArea
Sets up view for a text post which contains: box to display the date, box to display the number of likes,
and a list of the people who liked the post is displayed upon
hovering the number of likes
- TextScreen - Class in classes
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- TextScreen() - Constructor for class classes.TextScreen
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Constructor, will be overridden in subclasses.
- Timeline - Class in classes
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'The Rookie' actors Eric Winter, Alyssa Diaz go for thrilling adventure in Mexico
by Karl SchmidRIVIERA MAYA, Mex. -- "The Rookie" actors Alyssa Diaz and Eric Winter join On The Red Carpet's Karl Schmid on a thrilling adventure in Riviera Maya, Mexico.
Organized through Xplor at Xcaret, the actors are in for quite the ride. First up was ziplining through the Mexican jungles, and Winter says he has "no problem with heights." However, this isn't a typical ziplining course, and they all flew through fire and waterfalls, too.
Musical artist Gustavo Galindo claims that "this is definitely one of the best experiences I've had ziplining."
Even though Alyssa says, "On the tallest one I got freaked out," she and Winter are no strangers to action. They often find themselves doing stunts as they play Angela Lopez and Tim Bradford on ABC's primetime drama "The Rookie."
"No question Bradford would've been all about this," Winter says about his character.
After ziplining, it was time to explore the underground caves. Everyone had to muster up their arm strength and directional skills to paddle through the narrow pathways.
Galindo says the underground cave experience is a good form of "couples therapy" because teamwork and communication were a must.
"The Rookie" airs Sundays at 10 p.m. ET/PT | 9 p.m. CT on ABC.