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“It’s good for you,” said my mother as she saw me grimace when she placed another piece of ginger in my mouth. Sitting in the backseat of the car, clutching the door handle, I felt my head spin. The feeling was all too familiar. Only after five hours did the travel sickness subside after we arrived in the district of Nasik, India. My mother often traveled to various districts for work and whenever possible, brought me along with her. In this visit, she was to oversee various social welfare schemes in the region, one of which included the introduction of smokeless chulhe (rustic stoves) in rural households. A short film on new interventions illustrated that by eliminating smoke, the new stoves would reduce the immediate risk of respiratory ailments and the long term effects of air pollution. Although I was impressed by the idea, my mother learned that the women, the supposed beneficiaries, did not share the same sentiment, preferring their former stoves. This was because the heat which escaped from the earlier stoves helped dry the washing which they hung indoors and the smoke released kept insects and mosquitoes at bay. At the time, their reasoning made sense to me as well. Why bring change when it isn’t wanted?
With a little insight into the needs and the culture of a community, people can surely be engaged in the development process.
Years later, I took to studying the rural Indian economy in greater depth. I read a success story in which similar ergonomic stoves were made by the beneficiaries themselves with local materials. As active participants in the program, they accepted the change quite easily. Thinking back to the women in Nasik, I understood that the smokeless chulhe were certainly “for their own good”. However, just as the pungent taste of ginger repelled me from the remedy, losing the perceived advantages of the primitive stoves discouraged the villagers from adopting change. Considerable rigor had gone into developing and supplying the improved stoves. However, this technical innovation could bring change only when people participated in it and accepted it. With a little insight into the needs and the culture of a community, people can surely be engaged in the development process. It was when I understood the benefits of ginger and acquired a taste for it that I began to enjoy the ride.
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…the women, the supposed beneficiaries, did not share the same sentiment.
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RealEstateApp is a project stub for real estate agents. There are three classes available:
1. Apartment (with a given area and price).
2. ApartmentRater, which rates the price/area ratio for a given apartment. There are three possible ratings: 0 (best price/area ratio), 1 or 2 (worst price/area ratio).
3. RandomApartmentGenerator, which generates an apartment with a random price and area. If you invoke the constructor with no parameters, the default values are used: minimum area of 30.0 square meters and minimum price per square meter of 3000.0. You can also specify your own minimum area and price. In either case, the maximum values are: mimum values * 4.0.
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b. should_ReturnErrorValue_When_IncorrectApartment
c. should_CalculateAverageRating_When_CorrectApartmentList
d. should_ThrowExceptionInCalculateAverageRating_When_EmptyApartmentList
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b. should_GenerateCorrectApartment_When_CustomMinAreaMinPrice
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Web Development
S01
Yes, we have used in previous school projects.
Unfortunately, I have never created a website.
My experience with web application development is that it is a constantly changing technology. Web techniques are always looking for ways to be more efficient for the developers, to which the developers can find different interactive web pages that could be helpful, or pleasing, depending on the target users.
In this course section, we learned the uses of having a version control environment to which we can save our progress online. It also enables us access older versions of our work which is very useful in case something goes wrong.
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Yes, I have previous worked with HTML, CSS, and JS. I started learning these programs when I was in middle-school and then studied extensively on it in high-school.
The roles of HTML, CSS, and JS are:
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- It is the mesh/skeletal structure of the webpage, were we can place texts and/or arrange different containers for different topics.
- CSS
- It is the "skin" of the webpage. Here we design how our webpages can look, for example, adding a background color of red to the webpage, or increase the font size of our text.
- JS
- It is the interactiveness of the webpage. Here we can add data to our webpage structure, for example, having a button that, when clicked, shall append data to a container in the webpage.
Basically, a browser communicates with a web server through HTTP protocol. The browser makes a request to a web server, to which the server responses back data.
The TIL of this course is to learn how to develop Web based Applications, and how different software communicate with each other to create interactive and colorful web pages.
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No, I do not have any previous knowledge on client side JavaScript
A comparison to JS that I could think of is the Java Programming Language. Most of how the syntax that are used are very similar to how Java works. An example would be how the if-statements are used. Both almost use the same way the arguments are placed.
The coding exercises are very helpful, although there were some unclear instructions as to the placements of the files in folders. The aim is to just get a grade 3 due to the stress of having a different course commencing at the same time as the web development course.
The TIL of this course section was to program in HTML, CSS and JavaScript, and to use the fetch API in order to get data in JavaScript and place it onto the sandbox in HTML format.
S04
A similarity to node.js is when we tried out the communication between the server and the client. This was done in our Data Communications course in which we create Sockets in Java that helps establish a non-blocking connection from the server to the client and that made the flow asynchronous.
JavaScript is what gives functionality to our web application. So it is essentially a very important tool to have when developing unique and complex websites. By adding Node.js, we establish a server-client relationships with websites. Having Express.js implemented into JavaScript and Node.js is very useful to create an easy-to-use framework which we can use to manipulate routes in the server.
My plan was to first look through the documentations and examine the setup. Next, was to study the examples that were given, as they have been the most helpful tool for gaining information on how everything was connected to each other.
The aim was for grade 3 due to having a heavy course(Thesis work) at the same time as web development course.
The TIL of this assignment was to understand how to establish a client-server based website, and learn to manipulate routes for better code structure.
S05
At first glance, it was intimidating due to it being an old programming languages. After going through the exercise and studying the examples given, I realised that it was quite simpler than expected. It was like a combination of creating web structures(HTML) and functionalities using scripting made by PHP.
Not really. At first, it made me think of server management that could be done in Javafx, to create visual representation of data sent from the server to the client but more strict than PHP.
The exercises were very helpful for quickly learn the uses of PHP. To make things easier, PHP seemed to be a programming language that has a smooth learning curve. I aimed for a grade 3 due to shortage of time because of having a bigger course at the same time as this one. I'm not really satisfied, obviously. I would have liked to send more time to get a higher grade.
The TIL of this assignment was to learning how PHP can manipulate a MySQL database. By using the CRUD methods in PHP we can employ different requests to Create, Read, Update, and Delete data in the database. An example would be searching through the database by using the Read CRUD methods in PHP.
S06
My opinion on the popularity of different programming languages is that many depend on which situations/scenarios that it is being used. An example would be using React.js to create unique web applications that are suitable for making single-paged web applications. Another example is a rising popularity in using Kotlin for Android Development, due to it being statically viable than using Java, for example the unnecessary use of data type instead of just using "var".
Using software stacks seems to be in rising popularity when assigning what programming languages a company, or branch, want to use. A software stack is a sort of bundle that is a collection of subsystems or platforms to which that are well-fitted together. An example would be the MERN(MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js) stack. My choice would either be web-based programming languages and learn a software stack, either MERN or MEAN(MongoDB, Express.js, Angular, Node.js).
Comparison between two frameworks: Angular and React. Filtered only for topics in Computers and Electronics Here, we can see that, in the past 5 years, Angular and React has been in a competitive state between each other. It starts off, in 2014, by Angular having a higher rating than React, due to it being a new platform(not mistaken to AngularJS) with its newer implications in Front-end development. Gradually, React has risen in popularity for updating to simpler single-page web crafting methods which beginners can easily learn and adapt to.
A framework I would highly recommend is React. React has made its point by expressing simplicity for creating single-pages applications. It makes it easy to make interactive UIs with simple views and straightforward state change interactions for the applications. Another great advantage of using React is its efficient way to render and update data. The coding aspects of React is, basically, doing HTML with JS embedded into the coding.
The TIL of this assignment was to better understand how web-based frameworks are better tools to use, to have a understanding on which programming languages can be useful to projects of different sizes. We compared frameworks to see how much change has been done, and to see which frameworks shall continue on for me years on.
S07
Basically, .NET is a framework platform that equips the programmer with the ability to create different types of applications. It uses C# programming language to code applications. ASP.NET is for creating web-based applications using C# programming as the base.
If one is experienced in Java, it can be quite easy to get a hang of C# due to its coding being very similar to each other. Another technology that we have learned in this course that is closest to being similar to .NET would be PHP. The reason is because of how one can create web applications with PHP programming and ASP.NET programming. I would compare it more to Java due to how the code structure are very similar. An example would be when creating class to create objects of, creating private methods, etc.
The grade aim of this exercise is 3. The exercise was quite unique to because the console aspect of it was very similar to what we have previously done. Meanwhile the ASP.NET aspect was challenging as we have never attempted to make a web-based "Java" programming. The closest to ASP.NET could be JavaFX, when creating a UI to an application.
The TIL of this assignment was to learn the .NET and ASP.NET programming languages. We practiced it by making a menu to which the users can interact, and taking a JSON data and printing the contents when the user chooses the option to. Similar objective when programming in ASP.NET, we instead have a page that prints the JSON data onto a HTML table to display it for the user.
S08
GroupworkOur group has chosen three websites to test out their performances:
- thebestwebsiteintheinternet.com
- https://stackoverflow.com/
- https://scryfall.com
The TIL of this assignment was to test the performance of the websites that we found. By using testing websites, such as Lighthouse, we were able to analyze the audits of the websites. We were displayed with an overall analysis of each audit that helped us indicate what issues that would cause a website to slow down, for example.
S09
One security issue that comes to mind is the Injections. If one does not have a secure web page, a hacker can easily enter malicious SQL sequences to gather information about customers or users accessing the website. Another security issue is IDOR. It is when a hacker can gain access to information by manipulating the URL sequencing when redirecting to a page. With this, one can download as many sensitive information of the users of that website. The cause of this is poor security URL management. XSS Cross-Site Scripting is a very unique was of manipulating a website with poorly coded sanitisation method. XSS is when a hacker enters his/her own JS script as an input, for example, in a input field of such poorly maintained website, and be able to create havoc, or steal information.
A good way to have a secure website when creating one is having a recommended password manager, for example when creating a Login functionality into the website. Another good practice is to have backups, in case an incident were to happen. This insures credibility for both the customers and the creators of the website. All the security issues that have been mentioned are important threats which should be looked into avoiding/patch from the start.
The TIL of this assignment is Web Security. Over the years, hackers have attacked many websites and gathered important data from customers. It is vital, as developers, to study and understand how a hacker thinks and learn to counter these malicious attacks.
S10
In this group project, we worked on making a web app using a Front-end framework, React.js, and the web server, Node.js. It was a new experience since non of our group members have ever worked on building an application with a framework library. However, this has been a great benefit for us to test our skills in web development. The entirety of the work pace in the project had a somewhat steady flow. We mostly worked in pairs, as in "pair programming", to enable discussion between each other and come up new ideas. The issue with this project was that it was running simultaneously with a different course. There was also a learning phase of the framework that took some time for us to analyze. In spite of that, by us sharing knowledge from looking through the React documentations, were able to produce promising results. Overall, the project has been a good source to gain experience in real-life environment, even when communication was limited down to just only meeting/working online.
In general, this course was to learn web development. Learning new programming languages, such as JavaScript, PHP, and .NET, were quite challenging. However, even being inexperienced, it has some similarity to the Java programming language, which we have studied extensively along the software development program. The examples have been a great help to understand the intricacy of how different programming languages function individually or together, such as .NET, HTML and CSS. Using Github has been an issue since the start of the software development program. Looking at the assignments for using Github, to fork a repo, to push/pull, and adding tags, have been a good way to practice version control. I would recommend this to colleagues/friends because it has a good basic guidelines on how to start up learning web development. I would give this course 6.9/10.
The TIL of this course is to learn web development. To create a web page by using different web programming languages. Overall, it has taught me new ways of interactivity and designing platforms to appease the users of our web applications..


SOFT FRUIT (M). (Twentieth Century Fox) Director: Christina Andreef Stars: Jeanie Drynan, Russell Dykstra, Genevieve Lemon, Sacha Horler, Alicia Talbot, Linal Haft Running time: 101 minutes.
Some of the more common themes among recent Australian films have been dysfunctional family relationships and mortality (Crackers, Radiance, etc). Soft Fruit is an emotionally draining drama that combines both these elements in a story that is honest, warm, compassionate, unexpectedly funny and upbeat, yet somehow endearing.
Soft Fruit is the first feature film from Christina Andreef, an acclaimed short film maker and former assistant to Jane Campion, whose films include the festival favourite Shooting The Breeze.
When their mother Patsy (Jeanie Drynan, from Muriel's Wedding, etc) is diagnosed with terminal cancer, her four children return home to Port Kembla to help care for her. Divorcee Nadia (Sacha Horler, from Praise) returns home from Sydney, bringing her two kids with her, while the bossy Josie (Genevieve Lemon, from Sweetie, etc) flies home from America. Although Vera (Alicia Talbot) has moved out of the family home she still lives in the same town and works as a nurse in the local hospital. Also returning home is family black sheep Bo (Russell Dykstra), who is briefly paroled from prison on compassionate grounds.
It's a trying time for all, as old rivalries and tensions and frustrations again bubble to the surface. Dad (Linal Haft) resents their noisy presence, and quickly banishes Bo to the woodshed. Yet this tragic gathering also provides an opportunity for painful healing and reconciliation. Resigned to her fate, Patsy is determined to bring the family together again no matter what.
Andreef explores emotionally-laden terrain with sensitivity and understanding and presents us with flawed but readily identifiable characters. Soft Fruit explores the family dynamics with an insight rare in Australian film, and Andreef taps into some honest emotions here.
She also beautifully focuses on that strong and strange bond that seems to exist between mother and son. While the three sisters argue about medications and diets, and tiptoe around their terminally ill mother, Bo brings with him a healthy and cynical irreverence that is as much a tonic for Patsy as her regular doses of morphine. He reads to her from her beloved biography about the tragic Jackie O, and helps her fulfill her wish to live her remaining time to the fullest. He even sneaks her out of the house for a wonderful day at the beach, and does an illicit drug deal while the pair are out shopping for coffins.
Soft Fruit is occasionally episodic in nature, but the film is held together by the luminous performances of the ensemble cast. In particular, the brilliant and vital performance of Drynan, who suffuses her performance with warmth, humour and sensitivity, dominates proceedings. In his first major screen role theatre veteran Dykstra is superb as the volatile and complex Bo, combining his dangerous edge with a real sense of compassion and understanding. Despite solid work from Horler, Lemon and Talbot, the three sisters ultimately seem to become indistinguishable by the end of the film.
Soft Fruit is one of the best locally produced films of this year, and its honesty and humanity should strike a strong responsive chord with audiences.
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Occupational accidents: social insurance costs and work days lost
Vilma Sousa SantanaI; José Bouzas Araújo-FilhoI; Paulo Rogério Albuquerque-OliveiraII; Anadergh Barbosa-BrancoIII
IPrograma
Integrado em Saúde Ambiental e do Trabalhador. Instituto de Saúde
Coletiva. Universidade Federal da Bahia. Salvador, BA, Brasil
IIDepartamento
de Regime Geral. Ministério da Previdência Social. Brasília,
DF, Brasil
IIIDepartamento
de Saúde Coletiva. Universidade de Brasília. Brasília,
DF, Brasil
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To estimate the proportion of occupational accident benefits granted within
the total for health-related social security benefits, viewing the costs according
to benefit type and the impact on productivity according to work days lost.
METHODS: Records of benefit decisions from the National Benefits System
of the National Social Security Institute for the State of Bahia in 2000 were
utilized. Occupational accidents were defined in accordance with the clinical
diagnoses of External Causes, Injuries and Poisoning (SS-00 to T99) of the International
Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, and with the benefit type,
which distinguishes between occupational and non-occupational health problems.
RESULTS: A total of 31,096 benefits granted due to illnesses or health
problems were studied. Of these, 2,857 (7.3%) were caused by work accidents.
Greater proportions were found among workers in the manufacturing, construction,
electricity and gas industries, accounting for 18% of the total benefits. The
costs of occupational accident benefits were estimated to be R$8.5 million,
with around half a million work days lost during the year studied.
CONCLUSIONS: Despite the fact that these data are under-reported and
are restricted to workers who were able to receive health-related benefits,
the findings reveal that avoidable health problems have a major impact on productivity
and on the budget of the National Social Security Institute, thereby reinforcing
the need for their prevention.
Keywords: Accidents, occupational, economics. Worker's compensation, economics. Social security, economics. Social security, organization & administration. Absenteeism. Insurance, disability, economics.
INTRODUCTION
Occupational accidents are avoidable and cause a great impact on productivity and on the economy, as well as great suffering. According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), about 270 million work-related accidents and about two million deaths occur around the world every year.7 Because they are potentially avoidable, their occurrence is an expression of negligence and social injustice.4 The costs of work-related accidents are rarely taken into account, even in countries that have made significant advances within the field of prevention.4 It has been estimated that 4% of the gross domestic product (GDP) is lost because of occupational diseases and health conditions, and this can go up to 10% in developing countries.7 In Brazil, based on the GDP for the year 2002, these estimated losses would be between US$21,899,480 and US$54,748,700. These figures reflect the low effectiveness of polices and programs for preventing work-related health problems. However, these estimates are limited to economic costs and do not include the emotional impact and the impact on families, which are difficult to quantify. There have been increasing numbers of studies making scientific estimates of occupational accident costs over the last few years. This has resulted from development of the field of health economics and the close relationship between work and economics, either because of the risk factors for accidents, or because of their effects on productity.5,6,9,10,13,14
In the United States, Leigh et al8 (1997) estimated a total cost of US$145.37 billion for fatal and non-fatal occupational accidents in 1992. The direct costs from medical expenses such as treatment and rehabilitation, and some non-medical expenses such as transportation represented 34% of the total. The indirect costs represented by productivity and production losses, indemnities and salary compensations, among others, were estimated as US$96.2 billion. Also according to this study, the total cost of diseases and work-related accidents was higher than those related to AIDS or Alzheimer's disease, and comparable to cancer-related costs. Other studies have also revealed the high costs of work-related accidents in countries such as China,14 and Lebanon,6 although it is difficult to compare the results because of differences in procedures and the specific characteristics of each country.
In Brazil, a substantial proportion of the direct costs from work-related accidents is the responsibility of the Ministry of Social Security. Through the National Institute for Social Security (INSS), the ministry has the mission of ensuring the right to social security. This is defined as social insurance that has the aim of recognizing and granting rights to insured individuals, whose contributions are used for funding the expenses relating to various benefits. Among these are compensation for income loss when workers are unable to work because of disease, disability, advanced age, death, involuntary unemployment, maternity, or detainment. The INSS is responsible for collecting the contributions and funding the expenses relating to the payment of benefits within the National Benefits System (SUB). Within the context of social security, the term work-related accidents refers to injuries resulting from external causes, traumas and poisoning that have occurred in the working environment while performing occupational activities and/or on the journey to or from work, and also occupational diseases. The resulting benefits are named "accident benefits". However, in the present study, the definition of work-related accidents has been restricted to traumas due to external causes, injuries and poisoning, as commonly used in epidemiological studies.
There are few Brazilian studies on the costs of work-related accidents or their impact on productivity. In 1982, De Cicco3 (1984) conducted a pioneering survey on this topic, among all companies in Brazil with 500 or more workers registered. This study estimated the insured and non-insured costs corresponding to the first 15 days off work, which are borne by employers. Among the 263 companies analyzed, the insured cost was calculated as 7,354,068 Adjustable Obligations of the National Treasury (ORTN), the monetary reference at that time, and the total cost corresponded to 27,962 ORTN. The highest insured costs were found among companies in the transportation sector, followed by the paper and cardboard industry and communication and broadcasting companies. For other insured costs, the highest were the chemical and pharmaceutical industry, textile companies and communication and broadcasting companies. The companies with greatest total costs from occupational accidents were those in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry, transportation sector, and communications and broadcasting. Subsequently, Costa2 (1993) analyzed the cost of work accidents to the INSS, using maintenance benefit data. Among 435,643 benefits analyzed, the estimate cost for urban areas was R$87,834,269.45 (U$41,044,051.15), while the cost for rural areas was R$1,165,956.87 (U$54,483,965.89) (amounts corrected to 2005 values). Some data on social security costs are published regularly in the Social Security Yearbook,* but without analyses relating to activity groups, among other possible specifications. These data, although partial, need to be regularly estimated and published because of their economic importance and their relevance for the health system, in order to make entrepreneurs, managers and health professionals more sensitive towards this public health problem that is still neglected.
The objective of the present study was to estimate the contribution of benefits granted due to occupational accidents, within the total for health-related benefits, focusing on costs according to benefit type and the impact on productivity as measured by lost workdays.
METHODS
The study was carried out using records of authorizations for social security benefit payments from the National Benefits System of the INSS, for the State of Bahia, in the year 2000. The data correspond to all workers who held formal employment contracts, under the General System for Social Security (RGPS). These contractual ties are recorded in the National Register of Social Information (CNIS), by companies and workers, and are updated every month using data from the Guarantee Fund for Length of Service (FGTS) and other information from the INSS. Public-sector employees , self-employed workers and domestic employees were all excluded, because they are not eligible for the benefits under analysis.
The National Benefits System is a data registration system belonging to the INSS. The data are processed by DATAPREV, in which each social security event or occurrence that originates the granting of a benefit is registered. SUB allows retrieval of data on companies and employees, such as the coded clinical diagnosis based on the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10); field of economic activity as coded in the National Classification of Economic Activities (CNAE) that is used in Brazil; the number of the Work Accident Communication (CAT); start and finish date for each benefit; amount of the monthly payment; and the type of benefit. The latter is coded according to the nature of the health problem: whether it is occupational or not; severity of sequelae or injury; and the corresponding type of benefit (whether it is a case of retirement because of permanent disability or temporary medical leave, among others). In this study, only compensation claims authorized, i.e. granted, between January 1, 2000, and December 31, 2000, were considered. Payment authorizations correspond to approvals of claims. Such claims are only filed 15 days after the accident, when the expenses of salary compensation become a responsibility of the INSS. To estimate the costs, benefits relating to all occupational accidents or diseases were considered; and for lost workdays, only the benefits corresponding initially to temporary absence from work were taken into account. The Figure presents a diagram of all the possible outcomes from a work-related accident and the respective types of social security benefits.
Benefits are generated following general medical referrals, or through issuing a CAT for occupational accidents or diseases (B91 to B93). In this latter case, the company needs to issue the CAT no later than the first working day following the accident. A copy is handed to the worker, to document the benefit claim request. However, the majority of cases are not characterized by an occupational diagnosis, i.e. by a so-called "causal connection". These cases do not have a CAT form for claiming the accident benefit from the INSS. Nevertheless, many cases are identified as occupational accidents or diseases by expert examiners, from consultations that are apparently not occupational in the origin. Thus, many benefits in the B91 to B93 series do not have CAT data, and for these, an occupational linkage for the disease or health problem was identified within the social security attendance system.
The variable "work-related accidents" (1=yes, 0=other diagnoses) was defined on the basis of clinical diagnoses in ICD-10, and corresponded to cases of trauma due to external causes, injuries and poisoning (Chapter XIX), codes SS00 to T99, and the benefit granted corresponded to health problems of occupational nature from Series 90. The remaining cases were classified as other diagnoses. All B93 benefits, i.e. pensions granted to relatives of people who died from occupational accidents and diseases were considered as work-related accidents due to external causes. The other variables used were the type of benefit (B91 to B94), number of days off work, including the 15 days without benefit payment, the amount of the payment in reais, and the CNAE type, grouped into nine categories: agriculture, fishing and extractive industries; manufacturing or processing industry; civil construction, electricity and gas; transportation and communications; financial intermediation (banks, finance companies and insurance companies); education, leisure, cultural and sports activities; social and health services; and a category for information not declared.
The monthly cost of the benefit was calculated as the product between the duration in days and the daily amount paid, which were estimated from the duration and the annual amounts available in the database. Because of strong asymmetry, aberrant values in the distribution of these variables, and the need to use means, the values above the first percentile (1%) were replaced by the value corresponding to this cutoff point. Missing values were taken as the geometric mean corresponding to the distribution after normalization via logarithmic transformation. For ongoing benefit claims relating to pensions, the last day of the study reference year (December 31, 2000) was taken, even though many of them may have extended beyond this date. Cost analysis was carried out by estimating the distribution of the geometric means and standard deviations of the monthly cost and the total cost of the benefit, in reais, according to CNAE type and benefit type.
The number of lost workdays was also analyzed by means of the geometric mean and standard deviation, including the 15 days preceding the start of benefit payment. Because of the nature of pensions for relatives of people who died from work-related accidents (B93), these were excluded. Comparisons were made according to CNAE type, using mean and proportion ratios, when applicable. Statistical tests were not used, since the total number of benefits was considered. The analysis was carried out using the SAS 8.11 software. The identities of workers and companies were not recorded in the database and, since these were administrative data, the study protocol was not submitted to the Internal Review Board.
RESULTS
A total of 257,645 benefits granted by the INSS for workers covered by social security living in the State of Bahia in 2000 were identified. Of these, 39,883 (15.5%) corresponded to health-related benefits. From the latter, 822 (2.1%) were excluded because the clinical diagnosis was missing, leaving 39,061 records for the study analysis. Out of this total for health-related benefits, 11.7% related to occupational health problems, while occupational accidents (external causes, injuries and poisoning) represented 7.3%. Among all the occupational benefits, accidents represented 62.8%.
Among the benefits for health problems, the proportion of work accidents ranged from 4.3% for workers without CNAE registration to 18.0% for the manufacturing industry and for construction/electricity/gas companies. These figures were more than twice what was expected (proportion ratio, PR=2.47) (Table 1). Extractive activities from the primary production sector and commercial activities represented 13.5% and 13.0% of work-related accidents, respectively. These were 78% higher than the overall estimate. The largest contributions of work-related accidents in relation to occupational benefits were in the commerce/accommodation/food sector (77.4%) and construction/electricity/gas (75.3%). In the sector of financial intermediation and similar economic activities, the proportion of occupational accidents (39.3%) was 37% lower than what was expected (PR=0.63).
The distribution of benefits granted for work-related accidents according to benefit type and CNAE groups is presented in Table 2. Around 33.9% of these benefits did not present CNAE data, and the proportion ranged from 28.9% for temporary disability assistance to 74% for pensions granted in relation to fatal accidents. As expected, 81.7% of the benefits related to temporary disability, followed by cases of permanent disability (9.6%). Workers in the latter category were granted retirement due to disability. Situations that led to death represented 5.1% of the total for accident-related benefits, while indemnities in cases of sequelae corresponded to 3.6%. With regard to the proportions of benefits granted for work accidents according to CNAE group, the highest estimates were concentrated in the construction/electricity/gas group: 13.2% for B91, 11.0% for B92 and 18.4% for B94; followed by the commerce/accommodation/food sector (15.5%, 5.5% and 15.6%, respectively), and the manufacturing industry (17.4%, 7.0% and 5.4%, in the same order).
The mean monthly cost to the Social Security System from occupational accidents was R$294.00 (US$137.38). According to the type of benefit, the highest monthly means were estimated for pensions related to deaths (R$430.00/ US$200.93) and permanent disability retirement (R$425.00/ US$198.60). The compensation for accidents had a mean value of R$198.00 (US$92.52), and the lowest value was R$141.00 (US$65.89) for the health/social services sector. The highest estimate corresponded to pensions due to disability in the group of transportation/post office/telecommunications and similar companies (R$934.00/ US$436.45), and this was close to the figure for the education/leisure/culture sector (R$802.00/ US$374.77) (Table 3). Table 4 shows the total cost of the benefits granted for occupational accidents in Bahia in 2000, which was approximately R$8,492,762.00 (US$3,968,580.37). Salary compensations due to temporary time off work represented 71.4% of these costs, payment of retirement pensions for permanent disability represented 15%, pensions for worker's relatives in cases of death represented 10.6%, and accident indemnities represented 3.0% (B94). With regard to expenses relating to all benefit types and CNAE groups, 32% of them came from benefits without registration of the economic activity group, and these corresponded to R$2,679,478.00 (US$1,252,092). When the analysis was limited to B94, the proportion of expenses on benefits without CNAE data increased to 63.0%. On the other hand, among benefits for which the CNAE type was stated, the highest relative contributions to the expenses were from B91, B92 and B93, for the construction/electricity/gas sector (15%, 13%, and 19%, respectively), thus totaling R$1,269,770.00 (US$593,370.00) for the year. Similar values were obtained for the manufacturing industry, except for death-related benefits. For the B94 code, also in relation to fatal accidents, the highest relative costs occurred in the manufacturing industry (8%), but most of the claims did not present CNAE data.
The 2,333 benefits granted for temporary disability corresponded to 509,062 lost workdays and had a mean duration of 113 days (Table 5). Benefits without CNAE data represented 33% of the total, corresponding to 167,782 lost workdays in one year. Benefits with CNAE data showed higher proportions of lost workdays in the commerce/accommodation/food sector (15%), manufacturing industry (14.5%) and construction/electricity/gas sector (13.3%). The mean number of lost workdays ranged from 76 (health/social services) to 115 (financial intermediation and the like), which corresponded to 10,427, and 44,566 lost days/year, respectively. The industrial sectors in which work accidents had the greatest impact on productivity were, in this order, commerce/accommodation/food (76,338 days, 15.0%), manufacturing industry (74,012, 14.5%), and construction/electricity/gas (67,607, 13.3%). Together, these totaled 217,957 days, representing 42.8% of the lost workdays caused by work-related accidents in one year.
DISCUSSION
The results show the great burden represented by work accidents, among the diseases and health problems that generate temporary disability for work, among workers who could receive social security benefits in Brazil.
Despite the large number of observations analyzed, the results from the present study should be considered with caution. Even when eligible, the majority of workers involved in accidents do not receive or seek benefits from the INSS. Several studies from different regions of Brazil have shown that the underreporting of fatal accidents is greater than 70%12 and for non-fatal accidents it is over 90%.11 In addition, the poor quality of social security data has been showed here, with one third of the observations presenting no CNAE data. In a study based on this same database, it was found that 62% of accident benefits did not have CAT data.12 This indicates that the burden of work-related accidents in relation to the total number of health-related benefits granted could be much higher than what is reported in the present study.
Other important limitations on the analysis were the lack of information on age and gender, the missing data from CAT records on accident characteristics, and the lack of a beneficiary identification number, which limited the checking of possible repeated cases. It should be noted that the data analyzed only reflect the most serious cases, i.e., those in which there were 15 or more days off work. Cases of shorter disability duration are not translated into costs for the social security system, but they have an impact on productivity and other costs for companies and employees. With regard to costs, only the expenses on benefit payments limited to a one-year period and to accidents with temporary leave from work were considered. Medical and administrative costs and those directly borne by companies and by the workers themselves and their relatives were excluded. Therefore, this is only an estimate of a small fraction of the total economic costs of work-related accidents, and does not take into consideration the costs that are unmeasurable or intangible because of their own nature.
Although data comparisons are compromised because of the differences in social security systems around the world, a study carried out in the United States5 found that permanent disabilities represented 5 to 10% of the benefits total, which is close to the estimate of 9.6% in the present study. No studies on social security data were found regarding the proportion of death-related benefits caused by work accidents, which would be an indicator of severity and lethality. However, lethality has been increasing in Brazil over the last few years.12 Also in the United States, Boden & Galizzi1 (1999) analyzed compensation claims paid as a result of work-related accidents with one or more weeks off work and estimated that 78% were related to total temporary disability, while 18% corresponded to partial disability. These results are similar to those in the present study, in which the benefits proportion was around 80%. However, this comparison is impaired because the benefits relating to death or total permanent disability were not taken into account in the American study. On the other hand, only 4% of the records were incomplete or unusable in the analysis.1
The mean cost per month of benefits paid by the INSS due to work accidents in Bahia in 2000 reflects the profile of insured workers' salaries (IBGE, 2006).** Industrial sectors with greater mean costs did not coincide with those with higher relative frequencies of cases of work accidents, which has a differential impact on total costs. The most important fact to consider, however, is the impact of these costs on the INSS, as shown by the total estimated cost of benefit payments due to work accidents.
The impact of work-related accidents on productivity and economic production was also large, as revealed by the number of lost workdays, in spite of the underreporting of these data. Excluding cases of retirement due to permanent disability and only taking into consideration formally registered workers (less than 50% of the total), there were more than half million lost workdays in the State of Bahia in 2000. The sectors with the greatest duration of time off work were financial intermediation, construction/electricity/gas, transportation/communications, and agriculture/fishing and the like. However, when the number of cases and total lost workdays were analyzed by sector, those with the largest economic losses through lost productivity due to work accidents were commerce/accommodation/food, manufacturing industry and construction/electricity/gas, all with figures very close to each other.
Work accident prevention programs are justified because of the loss of life, physical disability and great suffering imposed on people. These problems are common in Brazil, although largely avoidable.12 Their occurrence indicate social injustice and should deserve priority in workers' health protection policies. Together, the findings from the present study indicate one facet, albeit partial of the relative dimension of work injuries among health-related benefits. They also indicate part, and possible only a small part, of the total cost to society, as expressed by the amount paid as benefits by the INSS, and by the number of lost workdays. What can be seen is that the sectors of commerce/accommodation/food, manufacturing and construction/electricity/gas should deserve special prevention programs. The transportation sector was not ranked as highly as expected, considering the increasing numbers of traffic accidents and the poor condition of the country's road network, but this may reflect underreporting among these workers. The small number of cases coming from agricultural, livestock-rearing and extractive activities can also be highlighted. These activities are recognized as presenting high risk, which can be explained by the great informality of job contracts in this sector, or by the incipient degree of awareness of rural workers about their rights relating to social security. It is worth highlighting the large concentration of pensions due to deaths in the construction/electricity/gas and commercial sectors, which were much higher than the figures estimated for other CNAE groups.
In the light of the absence of diagnosis data from outpatient clinics, especially in the National Health System (SUS), and the underreporting of occupational health problems in hospitals and outpatient clinics, only primary data would be capable of giving trustworthy estimates. Thus, with a view to estimating the costs of work accidents, it is suggested that population-based studies should be conducted using primary data, taking into account the expenses of social security institutions, and also the medical costs borne by companies, workers and their families. Despite the limitations, the present study provides an original contribution regarding work-related accident costs. It is expected that this study will be disseminated among worker protection policymakers and among the managers and directors of companies, who continue to hold great responsibility regarding workers' safety.
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Mo’Nique sues Netflix for discrimination in show offer
by Andrew DaltonLOS ANGELES (AP) — Mo’Nique sued Netflix on Thursday for race and sex discrimination in its offer for a proposed comedy special, accusing the streaming service of giving her a lowball offer that was part of a larger company tendency to underpay black women.
The comedian and Oscar-winning actress says Netflix officials were effusive in their praise of her work before they offered her $500,000 in early 2018 for a comedy special and refused to negotiate further.
The suit says that stands in contrast to deals reportedly worth tens of millions of dollars for comedy specials from Chris Rock, Ellen DeGeneres, Dave Chapelle and Ricky Gervais, and that the streaming service was willing to negotiate with other comics.
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She called for a boycott of Netflix a week after the deal fell through in January 2018 and has been publicly critical of the company since.
An email to a Netflix spokesman seeking comment has yet to be returned.
The suit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court alleges Netflix violated California’s fair employment and civil rights laws and is representative of the major pay inequity in all employment for black women.
“I had a choice to make,” Mo’Nique said in a post on her Instagram account after the suit was filed. “I could accept what I felt was pay discrimination or I could stand up for those who came before me and those who will come after me. I chose to stand up.”
The suit claims Netflix has a corporate culture that tolerates racial insensitivity and impropriety, lacks diversity and underpays women and minorities. It cites the revelation last year that actor Matt Smith was paid more for his supporting role on Netflix’s “The Crown” than actress Claire Foy was paid to play the title role.
And it alleges that Netflix’s refusal to deal with Mo’Nique, shutting her out of what has become an essential home for comedy specials, amounts to retaliation.
The 51-year-old whose real name is Monique Angela Hicks first gained fame as one of stand-up’s Queens of Comedy, and starred in the UPN series “The Parkers.” She won an Academy Award for best supporting actress for her performance in the 2009 film, “Precious.”
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Three of the ten participants standing with their mentor (top left). Photo take by the Latin American Youth Center.
Daniella Ortega, LAYC Mentor
Instead of going home afterschool to play video games or going to the mall, ten students are spending their time in the Latin American Youth Center in Washington D.C. Students are meeting in the Teen Center and working together and creating art in the program “Mi Vida, Mi Voz.” The name of the program translates to “My Life, My Story.”
This unique program encourages students to work together to combine art, photograph, and painting/drawing to create a story that reflects their lives and experiences growing up in the Hispanic or Latino community. This program also pairs groups with mentors who are students from the University of Maryland, such as myself.
I came across the opportunity to become a mentor for the program through flyer I found one day in the art department. I decided to apply because I wanted to become more active in my community through art – and I wanted an internship for my resume as well. I was accepted and trained to be a mentor. Three weeks of the program have passed, and I have seen how rewarding this job can be.
I could not have imagined the impact I have been able to make through helping the students create their project, and find their voice through art. As much as I have taught the students about art, they have taught me lessons of being courageous and prideful of my culture. As a first generation American, I did not embrace my Salvadorian roots. After this experience, I see the value of my heritage in my identity.
Currently, we are working to get ready for the upcoming final exhibit to showcase the student’s art. I have watched my mentees have worked hard and put a lot of effort into their art projects.
I hope that everyone in the D.C. and Maryland community will come out to the final exhibit on March 18, 2017. LAYC will also be accepting donations as the art exhibit event in order to fund the next session of the program Mi Vida, Mi Voz.
I am excited to come back again next fall semester as mentor, and also I hope other art college students will join to experience this amazing opportunity.
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Genetic discovery holds implications for better immunity, longer life
| Source: | Washington State University |
| Summary: | Wrinkles on the skin of a microscopic worm might provide the key to a longer, healthier life for humans. Working with Caenorhabditis elegans, a transparent nematode found in soil, researchers found that the nervous system controls the tiny worm's cuticle, a skin-like exterior barrier, in response to bacterial infections. |
Wrinkles on the skin of a microscopic worm might provide the key to a longer, healthier life for humans.
Working with Caenorhabditis elegans, a transparent nematode found in soil, researchers at Washington State University's Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine were the first to find that the nervous system controls the tiny worm's cuticle, a skin-like exterior barrier, in response to bacterial infections. Their study was published today in Science Advances.
Often used in biologic research as a model organism, the C. elegans nematode has a relatively simple structure while still sharing several genetic similarities with more complex mammals including humans, so this discovery holds implications for human health as well.
"Our study challenges the traditional view that a physical barrier such as a worm's cuticle or a human's skin does not respond to infections but is part of the body's innate defense against a pathogen," said Assistant Professor Jingru Sun, the corresponding author on the paper. "We show that during infection the nematode can change its cuticle structure and that defense response is controlled by the nervous system."
Sun and her colleagues used technologies such as gene silencing and CRISPR gene editing to show that a G-protein-coupled receptor tied to a gene called npr-8 regulates collagens, proteins that are the key structural components of the nematode's cuticle. Nematodes whose NPR-8 receptor was removed survived longer when exposed to the pathogens that cause pneumonia, salmonella and staph infections. The cuticle of the nematodes without the receptor also remained smooth compared to their wild peers whose cuticle wrinkled in response to the same pathogens.
"For nematodes, it's important to maintain a healthy cuticle that acts as the first line of defense against external insults," said Durai Sellegounder, lead author on the paper and a postdoctoral researcher in Sun's Lab. "Many pathogens produce wicked proteins that try to destroy this barrier and establish infection. Our results show that the nervous system can detect these attacks and respond by remodeling or strengthening this protective structure."
Collagens are the most abundant proteins found in mammals, and declining collagen levels are associated with aging. For humans, collagen loss can create more problems than just unsightly wrinkles. While nematodes have only one "extracellular matrix," the cuticle, humans have an extracellular matrix on every organ and if that matrix is too stiff or too loose it can be harmful.
The WSU study results indicate that collagens play an important role in defense of pathogen infection, and the researchers speculate that the neural regulation of collagens might play a role in overall longevity as well. Their next goal is to understand the underlying defense response mechanisms.
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- Durai Sellegounder, Yiyong Liu, Phillip Wibisono, Chia-Hui Chen, David Leap, Jingru Sun. Neuronal GPCR NPR-8 regulates C. elegans defense against pathogen infection. Science Advances, 2019; 5 (11): eaaw4717 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw4717
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- Launch a msgserv, aperture01
- On the aperture01 terminal do a join
- Do a show_servers on aperture01 terminal (should be empty, no tcp connections)
2 – rmb <—> sid (USE WIRESHARK)
- Launch rmb, lets call it client01
- Do a show_servers on client01
- rmb should have a server to publish to now
3 – rmb <—> msgserv
- On the rmb, do a publish 'sabem qual o programa das JEEC?'
- Confirm message (Do a show_messages on aperture01) was received and LC(aperture01)=1
- On rmb, do show_latest_messages 10
- Confirm you see a message
4 – rmb <—> msgserv another message
- Launch another rmb, lets call it client02
- Do a show_latest_messages 10
- On client02, do a publish 'vê em jeec.tecnico.ulisboa.pt'
- Confirm aperture01, confirm messages (Do a show_messages on aperture01) and LC(aperture02)=2
5 – msgserv <—> msgserv share table on start
- Launch another msgserv, aperture02
- Confirm the server was registered, do a show_servers on aperture02
- aperture02 should get the entire table from aperture01, and now LC(aperture02)=3 and LC(aperture01)=2
- Do a show_messages on both sides
6 – LC Test as performed in the lab 15/03 using scanfs to control TCP propagation between servers
- Launch 3 msgserv (aperture01, aperture02, aperture03)
- From an rmb, publish a message A to aperture01
- Message A is propagated to aperture02
- Aperture02 receives message B from another rmb (may use nc to force a PUBLISH instead of creating a new rmb for this)
- Aperture02 propagates B to aperture03
- Aperture01 propagates A to aperture03
- LC_aperture01 must be 1, LC_aperture02 must be 3 and LC_aperture03 must be 5 and on aperture03 A must appear before B (on aperture02 aswell)
Unit tests
Test 1 - ID is sent between msgserv, msgserv have correct connections
- Launch sid64
- Launch rmb and do a show_servers
- Launch aperture01
- Launch aperture02, verify ID message exchange
- show_servers on aperture01, show_servers on aperture02
Test 2 - SGET_MESSAGES upon connect gets the correct table back
- Launch sid64
- Launch rmb and do a show_servers
- Launch aperture01
- Do a show_servers on rmb
- On rmb do a publish message (with spaces) 'A tweet'
- On rmb do another publish message (with spaces) 'Another tweet'
- On aperture01, do a show_messages
- On rmb do a show_latest_messages 10
- Launches aperture02
- Do a show_servers on aperture02 (check aperture01 is there)
- Do a show_messages on aperture02 and confirm the table was sent to aperture02 from aperture01 upon its creation
- Do a show_servers on aperture01 (check aperture02 is there)
Test 3 - Upon publish to a server, all other servers receive that publish via the first
- Launch sid64
- Launch rmb and do a show_servers
- Launch aperture01
- Launch aperture02, verify ID message exchange
- Check servers on aperture01 and on aperture02, confirm TCP connection
- From rmb, publish a message 'A tweet'
- Check aperture01 and aperture02, check which one received from rmb and if message was propagated properly
- From rmb, publish another message 'Another tweet'
- Check aperture01 and aperture02, do a show_messages on each and confirm if logic clocks are the same
Stress Tests
- Send more messages than the server has capacity for (>m)
- Request negative messages


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CESSPIT (melee edition)
Cesspit (the common enemy simply scaling positive incremental transposer) is the 2nd installment in the Delta V D&D suite. A tool crafted for DMs who want one less thing to worry about during session, Cesspit allows for quick adjustment of monster stats for those pesky players who seem to powerful for a given encounter. Incrementally increasing each stat gives power to those puny monsters who can't quite take a hit or no longer pack a punch!
Alexander Beeksma
Technomancer Lv. 1 Str: 10 Dex: 10 Con: 10 Int: 10 Wis: 10 Cha: 10 Skills: HTML: +2 CSS: +2 JS: +2
Sir Alexander Beeksma, of the North, joined the DeltaV ranks in 2019. Having learned basic cantrips and simple level 1 HTML, CSS, and JavaScripts spells he seeks deeper knowledge of the cyber magicks. Alexander feels the draw of powerful programing spells and strives to attain his next level up through the cohort campaign.
Austin Jess
Rogue lv. 1 Str: 10 Dex: 10 Con: 10 Int: 10 Wis: 10 Cha: 10 Skills: HTML: +2 CSS: +2 JS: +2
Rogue Austin has been apart of the DeltaV squad since March. After his training he will be using his fighting skills at FabPro. His top abilities are HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. He is hoping this experience in the battlefield will set him for the real war to come when he moves to FabPro.
Skylar Monahan
High Elf Lv. 1 Str: 10 Dex: 10 Con: 10 Int: 10 Wis: 10 Cha: 10 Skills: HTML: +2 CSS: +2 JS: +2
Skylar Monahan is currently a student at DeltaV Code School. She recently graduated from high school and is looking for something that she loves to do and so far she has been enjoying this. Skylar has been working in the retail and restaurant business and is currently looking to get away from those and become a web developer.


Intro to Web Accessibility
Class 1
Welcome!
Girl Develop It is here to provide affordable and accessible programs to learn software through mentorship and hands-on instruction.
Some "rules"
We are here for you!
Every question is important
Help each other
Have fun
Introductions
Tell us about yourself.
Who are you?
What do you hope to get out of the class?
What is your guilty pleasure song?
What is accessibility?
Accessibility is about making your sites useful to as many people as possible.
Accessibility is about overcoming barriers.
Accessibility is about helping your users.
Why make your sites accessible?
Expand your potential audience! 54 million people in the US have a disability, 1.8 million are unable to see printed words, and 16.1 million have a cognitive or mental illness that impedes daily functioning (source opens in a new window ).
Be in compliance with legal guidelines, like Section 504/508 and WCAG 2.0.
Avoid potential lawsuits opens in a new window .
Do the right thing.
Useful stats from the Census Bureau:
54 million people have a disability--19 percent of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. This increases with age:
5 percent of children 5 to 17 have disabilities.
10 percent of people 18 to 64 have disabilities.
38 percent of adults 65 and older have disabilities.
1.8 million people 15 and older are unable to see printed words.
1 million people 15 and older are unable to hear conversations.
2.5 million have difficulty having their speech understood.
16.1 million have limitations in cognitive functioning or who have a mental or emotional illness.
Legal issues: Some sites, like Target, have been sued under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Section 504 is for students with disabilities
Section 508 is for federal agencies
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
Main international standard for accessibility
Three levels: A, AA, AA (lowest to highest compliance
4 categories: Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, and Robust
The guidelines are not fixed or comprehensive. We will talk about some of the guidelines, although not directly. It is more important to learn about the principles behind the guidelines than memorize guidelines themselves.
Accessibility is for everyone
Photo credit: Sylvia Pellicore cc opens in a new window
Ask if people recognize curb cut, then point out that while wheelchairs use them, so do strollers, people with luggage, etc. Mention how accessibility can help the non-disabled as well.
Disability is a mismatch between an individual and their environment
Social model of disability
Benefits of Accessibility
Curb cuts were designed for wheelchairs, but others use them. Similarly, accessibility features end up helping everyone.
Some design best practices are accessibility best practices.
Accessibility features, like good alt text, can improve your search engine placement.
Types of Disability
Visual disabilities: blind or low-sight, color blind
Hearing disabilities: deaf or hard-of-hearing
Physical disabilities: MS, paraplegic/quadriplegic, epilepsy
Cognitive disabilities: dyslexia, low literacy, learning disabilities
Accessibility is a process, not a checkbox
Photo credit: Matt Carman opens in a new window cc opens in a new window
Accessibility checkers can help, but they are not a full subsititute for manual testing.
You don't have to be perfect to be helping. No site will be perfectly accessible for everyone in the world.
Testing and iterating, will help us achieve more usable products .
What assistive technologies do people use?
Screen readers
Browser zoom
Screen magnification
Refreshable braille display
High contrast displays
Important points:
Low vision is very common
Even people who are legally blind may have some residual vision
Screen readers are also useful for people with print disabilities, like dyslexia
Demo: screen reader
Choose a site with a complex nav menu, and show how long it takes to get through with a screen reader. I used CNN.com and NVDA for this demo, but any common screen reader will work.
Alt text
Alternate text describes pictorial content in words.
Describe the function , not the content.
If an image is purely decorative, use alt=""
to instruct a screen reader to skip it.
Instead of using "longdesc," provide a caption or link. Consider HTML5 figure
and figcaption
.

brief description

Let's try it
What alt text would you give this image?
Other tips for screen readers
Content is more than just visual.
Skip to navigation links and landmark roles can users navigate a page.
External link indicators help prevent unexpected page changes.
Tables can be hard to navigate, so use them for tabular data, not for layout.
Example of skip navigation
More on visual disabilities
If you use color to indicate something, also use another indicator. For example, underline links on hover or mark a required field with an asterisk.
Red/green color blindness is the most common, so avoid green next to red.
Include color names in product descriptions and show examples (article opens in a new window )
Have a minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text. (Checker opens in a new window )
A user should be able to resize the page to 200%.
Let's try it
Page Resizing
Pick a page and try zooming in to 200%.
Can you still use the page?
You shouldn't have to scroll horizontally.
Use ems and percentages instead of pixels when you can.
Responsive design helps!
No, automatic captions don't count
Credit: Sylvia Pellicore, from YouTube
Hearing Disabilities
Paid captioning services are relatively inexpensive, about $1.50 to $2.50 a minute.
Demo
The mouse isn't the only way to interact with the web.
Physical Disabilities
Using a mouse typically requires fine motor skills.
Many users with physical disabilities use the keyboard or other alternative input methods.
Make clickable elements large, and put space between them.
Avoid clickable page elements that move.
Animations with rapid flickers are not only annoying, they can trigger epileptic seizures.
These guidelines also help children and touchscreen users.
Dealing with cognitive disabilities
These users might have difficulties with learning, problem solving, comprehension, memory, or attention.
Minimize cognitive load--don't overwhelm the user.
Use common icons to mark important tasks and consider text labels.
If you have timed content (forms, image galleries, etc.) provide controls or allow users to extend time.
CAPTCHAs aren't blind-friendly, are very difficult for users with learning disabilities like dyslexia, and annoy everyone. Consider an alternative method opens in a new window .
Here is a Cognitive 101 .
Let's try it
Visit a site you use frequently. Identify one accessibility feature that is part of the site and one feature you would change.
Students can do this activity alone or in pairs, depending on the size of the class. If people get stuck, recommend:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/
http://www.ebay.com/
http://facebook.com
Depending on time, you can have each group present on what they found.


Stellenbosch Humbled By Resurgent AmaZulu
by Soccer LadumaAbsa Premiership
Result: AmaZulu 2-0 Stellenbosch FC
Date: 06 November 2019
Venue: Princess Magogo Stadium
AmaZulu continued their revival under coach Jozef Vukusic with a 2-0 victory over Stellenbosch FC in the Absa Premiership clash on Wednesday evening.
Usuthu made only one change from their win over Baroka, with Andre De Jong taking the place of Butholezwe Ncube, while Stellies also had only one change from their narrow win over Orlando Pirates, with Jarrod Moroole replacing Tshireletso Motsogi.
The hosts had a bright start after they were awarded a penalty in the 14th minute, which allowed Bonginkosi Ntuli to slot home the opener from 12-yards out.
Jozef Vukusic's charges had the momentum after that and they nearly bagged a second goal in the 22nd minute with Samuel Darpoh's thumping strike from outside the box that sailed just wide of the mark.
Siyethemba Sithebe also came close to giving Usuthu a two-goal cushion four minutes before the break after working his way into the box but his shot was brilliantly saved by goalkeeper Boy De Jong.
Stellies were under pressure early in the second stanza and they made a tactical change with 20 minutes remaining after bringing on striker Ryan Moon in place of defender Sibusiso Mthethwa.
AmaZulu had a great chance to make to extend their lead with 12 minutes remaining after Ntuli delivered towards the box from the right wing but Lehlohonolo Majoro's strike was parried away by De Jong.
Ntuli finally sealed the three points for Usuthu in the last minute with a cool finish from close range to complete his rbace as Vukusic's troops moved up to 12th on the log with 11 points.


This is a basic tutorial for the game, I barely could make the game work properly, so forgive me for the poor learning curve.
You control two pawns - heroes working for good of the kingdom - and your mission is to find the king's crown and take it back to the castle.
| → → |
Each pawn have two actions, which can be:
| wait just pass the turn. |
| move walks a single tile depending on the tile type (see below). |
| attack attack one tile. It ends the pawn's turn immediately. |
| pick object pick the crown if you are at the same tile. |
The tiles may have a special cost to walk on it, or even be unwalkable at all. The table below show the costs to walk on a tile:
| 1 action - dwarves require 2 actions. |
| 2 actions - elves require only 1 action. |
| Unwalkable - dwarves may walk for 2 actions. |
| Unwalkable. |
After your pawn, the game will take its turn, performing the following actions (in order):
|
Bin'golin the elf mage Attack: 10 Defense: 5 Range: 2 Spend 1 action to walk on forests. |
Pana Cota the human mage Attack: 25 Defense: 0 Range: 1 |
Kin'olin the elf ranger Attack: 15 Defense: 5 Range: 1 Spend 1 action to walk on forests. |
Greta Marieta the human warrior Attack: 2 Defense: 15 Range: 0 |
Myxzpylk the dwarf warrior Attack: 10 Defense: 10 Range: 0 Can walk on mountains for 2 actions. Spend 2 actions to walk on plains. |
|
Goblin Attack: (same as the amount of goblins) Defense: 0 |
Troll Attack: 10 Defense: 6 |
Dragon Attack: 20 Defense: 20 |


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We're automatically registering some claims worth £300 or less for free telephone mediation. Your claim has been selected for this.
We'll tell you how mediation works - you can decide to take part or not.
More than 60% of people who use our free mediation service settle on the day.*
Continuing the claim doesn't guarantee you get paid - it can mean:
You'll only speak to a mediator about the claim, not to Mary Richards.
*Source: Small Claims Mediation Service statistics, November 2017 to October 2018.


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“I don’t think he knows about second breakfast” - Meriadoc ‘Merry’ Brandybuck
Adapting multidimensional legacy buffers to the C++ standard library is difficult owing to a lack of strided (address-skipping) iterators. Strider provides an address-skipping pointer adapter. It can be used to scan multidimensional data along any desired margin using the standard library algorithms.
This code snippet computes row sums of a matrix.
for_each(make_strided(begin(x), nr), make_strided(end(x)), [&](const double& y) {
transform(&y, &y + nr, begin(res), begin(res), plus<double>()); });
It is cache and compiler friendly and runs nearly four times faster than R’s built-in rowSums
function. See the vignette for details.
The header file is stand-alone and can be used separate from R. It relies on the Boost iterator library.