SIRISPACE.com is a real estate company located in Bangkok, Thailand that helps connect property hunters with the most current database of commercial and residential properties for sale and rent, with property news and all the resources a buyer, renter or seller needs to make their next real estate decision. SIRISPACE.com offer the first cash back program for renters, buyers or referrals in Asia..
How it works is anyone who registers an account with Siri Space is offered a 10% cash back of the applicable agent fees on a transaction. Basically, Siri Space is giving the customer back 10% of the commission.
For example, a purchase in Bangkok (3% commission) for a condo worth 10M THB. The commission for Siri Space as the agent will be 300,000 THB. 10% of the commission (30,000 THB) will be given to the buyer upon completion of the transaction.
For example, a rental in Bangkok (1 month commission) for a condo worth 50,000 THB. The commission for Siri Space as the agent will be 50,000 THB. 10% of the commission (5,000 THB) will be given to the renter upon completion of the transaction.
A person has a friend moving to Thailand for a new job. The friend has a budget of 100,000 THB per month for a condo. The person refers their friend to Siri Space. Siri space finds the friend a condo for 100,000 THB. The commission for Siri Space as the agent will be 100,000 THB. 10% of the commission (10,000 THB) will be given to the referrer upon completion of the transaction.


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Blooming biodegradable face masks
In response to the growing plastic pollution by single-use face masks, Dutch brand Marie Bee Bloom designed biodegradable face masks made of rice paper, embedded with Dutch meadow flower seeds.
During the pandemic, the use of masks soared, and though cloth face masks can be washed and reused, many people also opt for single-use face masks. The amount of littering with these masks has increased dramatically, and even when properly disposed, the masks are still made of plastic and cause environmental problems.
Graphic designer Marianne de Groot-Pons, the designer of the biodegradable face masks, wanted to do something back for the earth as she says herself, "I've also polluted the earth with my designs for prints and packaging". At the same time, she wanted to bring the ban on single-use plastic from 1 July 2021 back into the spotlight.
The biodegradable masks are made in a Dutch sheltered workshop, consisting of two layers of rice paper, between which are Dutch meadow flowers, including cornflower, baby's breath, feverfew, petunia, snapdragon and dill. The idea of embedding seeds into paper is not new, but is usually reserved for thicker paper and used as postcards.
The strings to tie the mask behind your ears are made of local sheep's wool. The initial batch was made with wool that was carded and spun in-house, but because of high demand, they now also use Dutch wool which is machine spun in Sweden, because there is no spinning mill in the Netherlands anymore. The strings are attached to the mask using potato starch-based glue and can be fitted to size with a piece of egg carton shaped like a flower, making the whole mask biodegradable.
The website states that the biodegradable masks offer the same protection as a cloth face mask, though they have not been tested.
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This is a quick project I built over a weekend in order to demonstrate the basic principles of making a mosaic LEGO design with bedazzled illumination. The design scheme is based on a concept I started doing a few years ago, in which I created multiple electronic LEGO projects using this general concept. After great success with showcasing these type of lamps at a video game convention in 2015, I decided to reboot this idea and show it off yet again. Check out my updated tutorial on Instructables.


Today, Joe Girardi announced the spring training rotation for the first 11 games. Check out the schedule here.
It's great to see Girardi has paired Phil Hughes and Joba Chamberlain to pitch in the same games: March 5 vs. Rays and March 10 at Tigers. It doesn't completely even the playing field, because the lineups they'll be facing will be changing mid-game as well. Still, it's the best Girardi can do.
Also note the team is taking it slow with Andy Pettitte because he pitched a lot last year and the extra month of postseason. I'm glad they're being cautious with him, but I'm not too worried about the lefty. He's a bulldog.
He's scheduled to throw a simulated game on March 7 and will face the Nationals on March 12 in his first real game.


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Wow, look at the January 1st birthday list on the forum!
It looks like everyone turns 25 today - What are the odds of that?
Ok, I believe everyone needs to go to the "User CP" on the left side of the screen, click on "Edit Profile" and enter your birthday because that is just too unlikley that there are over 200 forum members with the same birthday from the same year!


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Q: Is there a wireframing tool for web apps that can re-use my own custom CSS? I have been searching for and have not located (I fear it doesn't exist) a wire frame application that will use our current css for objects.
We have spent a lot of time perfecting our css to get the look we want, now I want to be able to use that css for new mockups without creating new objects each time we add something (as we would have to in photoshop).
In a perfect world, it would even handle the page layout so all that remains is the logic.
Has anyone heard of a tool that can do this?

A: http://axure.com is a popular wireframing tool. There ways to make it use custom CSS: http://enterpriseux.tumblr.com/post/8972215862/an-axure-html-prototype-hack

A: I haven't used it, and I can't vouch for it, but https://alpha.easel.io/ might fit the bill. It's still in beta, but looks very interesting.
From their homepage: "Implement designs quickly using exact CSS properties rather than guessing from a mockup."

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Cántico por Leibowitz (título original en inglés: A Canticle for Leibowitz) es una novela de ciencia ficción escrita por Walter M. Miller y publicada en 1960, aunque la primera de las tres partes que la componen fue publicada previamente en 1959 en forma de relato. Es la única novela del autor publicada en vida.

Es una de las más notorias novelas postapocalípticas surgidas del miedo a la guerra nuclear que impregnaba la década de los 50. La novela logró el premio Hugo a la mejor novela del año 1961.

Sinopsis
La Orden Albertiana de Leibowitz es una congregación fundada por un técnico tras el "Diluvio de Fuego" (la guerra nuclear) cuyo propósito es reunir y rescatar los textos del saber que desaparecieron pasto de las llamas y de la violencia de una humanidad enfurecida con los gobernantes y científicos que hicieron posible y permitieron tal desastre.

En tres partes que narran acontecimientos separados por el tiempo, se cuenta cómo estos monjes guardan las migajas del saber humano durante los Años Oscuros mientras esperan la llegada de quienes comprenderán este legado de conocimientos y elevarán de nuevo a la humanidad al pedestal del poder, pero también del orgullo.

Enlaces externos
 (en inglés)
 Ficha bibliográfica de Cántico por Leibowitz en La Tercera Fundación

Ficción posapocalíptica

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8 of the Best 2020 Hatchbacks
You Might Just Find Yourself a Hatchback Among These 2020-year Models
By Nikola Potrebić
The humble hatchback has never been the most popular body style in the U.S., but that's all the more reason it usually had to offer that extra little something compared to its sedan counterpart in order to move a required number of units. That extra little something was often the extra cargo room sedans simply couldn't squeeze into their low-slung overhangs.
This time we'll take a look back at the hatchback's past and the origin of its damaged reputation. More importantly, we'll try and discern how the modern hatchbacks on the U.S. market compare to their not-overly-successful and (especially) not-reliable predecessors. In other words, how do the upcoming 2020 hatchbacks fare compared to their competitors?
Although they've always been present on the U.S. market in some capacity, the hatchback's popularity surge coincides with the onset of the malaise era, and that itself speaks a lot about their reliability and build quality of the day. After all, you'll agree that cars such as the Ford Pinto, Chevy Vega, AMC Gremlin, and Dodge Omni/Plymouth Horizon can hardly be considered role-models for any modern car that strives to be taken seriously in today's market. Not that the mentioned lot didn't have a hidden gem or two thanks to special editions and dealership packages – Randall 401-XR Gremlin and Shelby GLHS Omni, I salute you today! The hatchback has been branded inferior in terms of quality and labeled a "dirty word" ever since, much like 'diesel' (thanks a lot Oldsmobile!).
The modern-day hatchback is anything but a badly-built econobox from "that '70s show," however. The arrival of the hot hatch back in the day has done wonders for the hatchback's reputation, but it wasn't until recent years that the Americans had finally started to accept the hatch as an equal to the sedan. With their reputation improved, more and more hatchbacks have been finding their way to the U.S. market with each passing year. After analyzing the best hatchbacks of 2018 and 2019, here are some of the most exciting upcoming hatches for MY 2020.
08. Toyota Yaris
The city car doesn't enjoy the same level of success in the U.S. and across the rest of the world, but Toyota isn't giving up on its U.S.-spec subcompact hatchback. After selling only 1,940 units for the entire 2018, the time has finally come to get back to the drawing board, and that's exactly what the Japanese had done.
The all-new 2020 Toyota Yaris was first revealed on April 1, 2019, just before the New York auto show. The new subcompact hatchback is anything but an April fools joke, though. Built in collaboration with Mazda (it's actually a rebadged Mazda 2 that's unavailable in the U.S.), the new Yaris will help the company keep the costs down while providing them with a stylishly executed entry-level car at the same time.
Speaking of prices, the next-gen Yaris hatchback starts from just under $18,000. Although the budget units aren't exactly tech-savvy, more expensive models are able to provide everything a modern car owner might require including the automatic climate control, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto integration, and plenty of advanced safety gear.
There's only one engine available with the Toyota Yaris hatch, and it's a 1.5L 4-cylinder with 106 horsepower and 103 lb-ft of torque. What's more, the Japanese exclusively pair it with a six-speed automatic despite offering a corresponding manual gearbox with the Yaris sedan.
Although the Yaris hatchback's engine is anything but peppy, what it lacks in poise, it makes up in efficiency. It returns 32 mpg in the city and 40 mpg on the highway.
The 2020 Toyota Yaris hatchback might not be the most enthusiastic of hatchbacks on the market, but it sure is one of the most affordable and efficient ones out there. Not to mention that it's highly reliable as well, and in general, offers a very good value for your money.
07. 2020 Mazda 3
Arguably the most beautiful compact hatchback on the market at the moment has recently undergone an unexpected generation shift. Even when we initially saw the Kai concept car being unveiled at the 2017 Tokyo auto show, we knew that the new Mazda 3 will be even more striking. The Japanese are certainly pushing the limits of the hatchback car's design, but that's not the only intriguing part of the upcoming Mazda 3.
Its powertrain is probably even more impressive, but more on that later. The 2020 Mazda 3 hatchback rides upon a new Skyactiv-Vehicle Architecture that's stronger than the outgoing platform and allows for better cabin sound insulation. Sadly, the Japanese have decided to replace the 3's multi-link rear suspension in favor of a cheaper twist-beam option.
Prices, however, didn't drop. As we all know that's not how things work in a greedy corporate world. The new Mazda 3 starts from $23,500 and comes with a 2.5L 4-cylinder engine capable of putting up 186 hp and a corresponding amount of torque. Further down the line, the Japanese will add the aforementioned Skyactiv-X to the lineup.
Speaking of which, the upcoming revolutionary Skyactiv-X engine should be more than sufficient to satisfy both the performance and fuel economy seekers. It's based on a diesel-type compression ignition although it's effectively a petrol engine.
This supercharged Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition 2.0L 4-cylinder engine ignites the primary ultra-lean air-fuel mixture using compression, but it still requires spark plugs to control the timing of that ignition. Spark plugs ignite a secondary dollop of fuel just before the power stroke, which actually creates the necessary pressure for compression ignition.
The Japanese are promising fuel economy improvements of up to 30% compared to similar-displacement engines from their competition. The Skyactive-X is expected to crank up 190 horsepower and 207 pound-feet of rotational force, but it'll likely produce a higher level of noise than comparable engines. That's the main reason behind a better-insulated cabin on the new model, after all.
Finally, like most new technologies, the HCCI engine might end up being a reliability nightmare, but we'll have to wait in order to find that out. Initially, as mentioned, the new Mazda 3 continues with a 2.5L 4-cylinder we're already well acquainted with.
06. 2020 Toyota Corolla
The twelfth-generation Toyota Corolla was initially offered exclusively in hatchback and sports wagon forms with sedans scheduled to follow during MY 2020. The latest hatchback version of the most popular car in history doesn't depart from the previous generation in any significant amount, but still offers more than a few improvements where it counts.
For starters, the new model rides on a different platform which has been taken from the Euro-spec Toyota Auris unveiled last year in Geneva. It's sportier and more entertaining to drive than the outgoing model, but far from being actually sporty.
The new Corolla hatchback now also offers a standard 8-inch touchscreen display with included Apple CarPlay. Android users weren't too happy initially due to the Android Auto integration's exclusion from the features list, and we still don't know when the Japanese are planning on rectifying that issue. They did rectify the issue of failing to obtain the IIHS Top Safety Pick, however, and they've done so by providing optional headlights within the Advanced Lighting Package.
The 2019 and 2020 Toyota Corolla hatchbacks now sport a new engine that's more powerful and efficient at the same time. A 2.0L inline-four is good enough for 168 horsepower and 155 pound-feet of rotational force which is 36 ponies more than what the 2018-year model made. At the same time, the new Corolla hatchback manages to return as much as 32 mpg in the city and 42 mpg on the highway in the base SE trim with a CVT transmission on the side.
The very same transmission that allows such great fuel economy figures also snuffs all the fun out of the already-not-very-fun compact hatch. A standard 6-speed manual is definitely more engaging, but it comes at the terrible price of as much as a 5 mpg combined efficiency penalty.
Models equipped with manuals start from $20,000, while better fuel economy costs $1,000 more. All things considered, the next-generation Toyota Corolla is exactly what people expect it to be, and that's exactly what the affordable compact hatchbacks are supposed to deliver.
05. 2020 Subaru WRX
Although the U.S. market Subaru Impreza and its performance WRX STI version have always been limited to sedan body style, this could change come MY 2020 or 2021 and the next-gen model. It's no secret the Japanese are working on the all-new sixth-generation Impreza which is mainly intended to be a hatchback pretty much everywhere else. Whether that will finally happen to be the case in the U.S. as well, remains to be seen, but this would definitely be the moment to do so if there ever were one.
With new hot hatches flooding the market in recent years, the beloved Japanese brand doesn't have to hold back anymore. Moreover, they could surely use some newfound credit among buyers since the current Impreza and WRX are far from spectacular. The WRX STI itself doesn't have to worry about the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo anymore, and lack of competition is never a good motivational factor. The rest of the Subaru lineup, on the other hand, suffers from the widespread use of CVT transmissions.
If the next-gen Subaru WRX happens to be a 5-door, it would have to hold its own against the likes of Honda Civic Type R and any similar upcoming hot hatch in 2020. Of course, the 350-horsepower Ford Focus RS (or 400-hp which the overseas markets will reportedly get by then) is, sadly, out of the picture for the U.S. market the way things stand right now. Then again, Honda and Volkswagen's hot hatches should achieve a corresponding amount of ponies by then, and the WRX STI would have to answer the call should it remain competitive.
This, it would be able to do by using an upgraded and uptuned Ascent-sourced 2.4L turbocharged 4-cylinder mill which makes only 260 ponies in its conventional state. Either that or an electric motor-bolstered 2.0L unit, but that's just wishful thinking at this early state of the next-gen WRX STI's development. Either way, the next-gen Subaru WRX could end up becoming one of the best 2020 hatchbacks we can expect to see.
04. 2020 Lexus CT
The slow-selling CT hatchback might have been discontinued in the U.S., but the compact has survived in a number of overseas markets. Not only did it survive the U.S. market's cut, it'll apparently survive the introduction of the all-new UX compact crossover as well. The 2020 Lexus CT will return in Europe as a fully revised next-generation model, but that's not all. It'll also be based on a hybrid, or possibly even full EV technology (or both) in order to rival the likes of Mercedes-Benz A-Class and BMW 1 Series hybrids, or Tesla Model 3 and other upcoming affordable EVs respectively.
The new Lexus CT will be built on the company's TNGA platform and should share much with the Euro-spec Toyota Auris/U.S.-spec Toyota Corolla. It's still uncertain whether the new CT hatch will make it back state-side, but a Tesla Model 3 competitor would likely fare better than the previous generation's plain entry-level luxury compact hybrid hatchback.
Considering the next-generation Toyota Auris/Corolla sports a 168-horsepower 2.0L 4-cylinder engine as its sole option, the upcoming Lexus CT will likely do the same. Of course, being a hybrid, the luxury Corolla counterpart will be bolstered by an electric motor for more power and better efficiency.
As far as the EV version is concerned, nothing tangible has leaked from the Japanese automaker's headquarters yet. Although the TNGA platform still doesn't boast a single EV offspring, the company says it's compatible with their electrification plans. In that regard, the all-electric Lexus CT hatchback shouldn't come as a surprise.
It will likely start its journey in China which has been emphasizing on zero-emissions technology lately, before migrating westward to Europe, and hopefully across the oceans to North America as well.
Refreshed overseas Lexus CT 200h pictured
03. 2020 Volkswagen Golf GTI
While the Germans have initially sorted out the outdated conventional outgoing-generation Golfs by replacing their base engines with a more efficient option taken from the all-new Jetta sedan, the GTI's have carried over mostly unchanged. All that is yesterday's news now that the eighth-generation Volkswagen Golf has finally replaced a car that's been soldiering on since 2012.
Despite relatively insignificant changes in terms of overall design, the new models still get a completely revised electrical system which has served as a platform for a correspondingly revised infotainment system with a large touchscreen display. This, however, is only a centerpiece of a completely overhauled cabin that pushes the Mk8 Golf further upmarket.
However, nothing still has been officially revealed as far as the U.S. market is concerned. We do know that we'll get the performance GTI and R models, but there's a possibility we won't be seeing the conventional models at all.
The 2020 Volkswagen Golf GTI will likely retain its current 2.0L turbocharged inline-four mill. Currently making 220 horsepower, it'll be uptuned to around 250 ponies in order to keep the Mk8 Golf competitive in a steadily-growing performance compacts market. Like before, The GTI version of the popular German hatchback will be available either with a proper 6-speed stick or a 7-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox.
The next-gen Golf GTI's sales are scheduled to commence in early 2020 from $28,000 or thereabouts. More info will be revealed correspondingly.
We also know that the range-topping Golf R continues to offer all-wheel drive and that it'll have more than 295 ponies the outgoing models have offered.
02. 2020 Honda Civic Type R
The Tenth-generation of Honda's versatile compact car is neither fresh nor outdated enough in order to warrant a full makeover. Being rather limited and highly sought after, the high-performance Civic Type R doesn't necessarily have to worry itself with these trivial matters, but it's still in for a mild facelift and a possible price cut for MY 2020.
The mildly-masked and beefed-up Civic test mules have already been caught ripping the Nurburgring and they can't be nothing else than the questionably styled Type R hatchbacks. This is some good news for everyone contemplating actually snapping one up since their supply obviously won't dry up anytime soon.
The upcoming Civic Type R's will sport some subtle bodywork revisions up front and around the back, together with a new wing that's much smaller than one from the outgoing models. However, the 2020 Honda Civic Type R will likely retain the large wing as standard equipment, while offering a smaller spoiler as an option.
The upcoming hot hatch will also retain its high-revving 2.0L turbocharged 4-cylinder engine. It currently develops 306 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of twist, but it could easily be uptuned a bit as well. A 6-speed manual gearbox will remain the Type R Civic's sole transmission option.
Although the current model's MSRP starts from under $35,000, you'd be hard-pressed to find one for less than $50,000 thanks to dealers' markups right now. Additional models coming off the assembly lines in combination with lower prices would do wonders for the meanest of Civic hatchbacks, sales-wise. Moreover, the Japanese are apparently looking to produce a more tame version of the Type R hatch that'll be less powerful and less expensive at the same time.
This is the main reason why the upcoming 2020 Honda Civic Type R is arguably the most important hot hatch from the prestigious Japanese automaker to date. Not to mention it's also one of the best 2020 hatchbacks we can expect to see.
01. 2020 Honda Fit EV
It's stylish, upscale, tech-savvy, and spacious, and all that in a subcompact package available from just over $16,000. The conventional Honda Fit has always been a bargain and one of the best vehicles in its class, while an all-electric version of the car is expected to greatly boost the subcompact's efficiency, albeit at a heftier price.
This wouldn't be the first time Fit had been marketed as an EV, as the Japanese already tried a similar approach back in 2012. Unsuccessful back then, they're poised at making the next-gen Fit a success this time around.
The 2020 Honda Fit EV shares both the current model's body and underpinnings, accompanied by the standard revisions present in every zero-emissions vehicle out there. The Japanese are aiming at selling more than 100,000 units a year worldwide, with prices starting at around $18,000.
In order to keep the price down, the new Honda Fit EV will be offered with a comparably smaller battery pack capable of traveling up to 190 miles on a single charge. The exact specifications are still unknown at the moment, however. It's expected the subcompact's powertrain will be bolstered by one electric motor driving the front wheels, though.
The previous Fit EV had sported a 123-horsepower motor and a 20 kWh battery pack capable of around 80 miles of travel. It also took around 15 full hours to recharge which is something the Japanese will likely address before pushing the new Fit EV on the market.
At the moment, Honda is offering only one full-electric car in its U.S. lineup – the Clarity electric. An additional smaller model would certainly be welcomed with open arms provided it meets the quality standards and other requirements of U.S. market buyers.
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Despite driving a piece of junk, Nikola still manages to survive the harrowing experience called "A road trip in a Yugo," day in, day out. On the other hand, precious few things move him as muscle cars do. Especially those from the bygone golden era, which makes him wonder why wasn't he born a few decades earlier? Well, at least he's been given the opportunity to enjoy the likes of the Pontiak Aztek, Chrysler PT Cruiser, Fiat Multipla, and other lovely millennials, right? Come to think of it, I'll stick with my Yugo. Thank you very much!


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Q: Cross-validation on really small datasets Let's say I have a small dataset:
data <- replicate(4,rnorm(13))

I want to test the out-of-sample predictions of a regression model as a function of increasing training set size (increasing by 10% in each increment).
I use the following procedure:
test.set <- 3

#for each iteration increase the test set by 10%
train.set <- (nrow(data)-test.set) * seq(0.1,0.9,0.1)
train.set <- train.set[train.set>1]
results <- vector()

  y=0
  for (t in train.set){
    y=y+1
    trainSize <- t
    train <- sample(1:nrow(data),trainSize)
    test <- sample(1:nrow(data),test.set)

    test.data <- data[test,]
    train.data <- data[train,]

    #fit a linear regression:
    train.data <- as.data.frame(train.data)
    model <- lm(train.data[,1] ~., data=train.data[,2:4])

    #get predictions:
    test.data <- as.data.frame(test.data)
    predictions <- predict(model,test.data)

    #calculate out of sample R squared (1-SSE/TSS):

    error <- 1 - sum( (test.data[,1] - predictions)^2 ) / ((nrow(test.data)-1) * var(test.data[,1]))

    results[y] <- error
  }

I repeat this procedure several times and take the average of the repetitions.
My problem is that I get unreliable results. I am assuming this is because the dataset is really small. What could I do to get more reasonable estimates?

A: (Disclaimer: I did not check the code, and that would be more appropriately asked on codereview.sx)

My problem is that I get unreliable results. I am assuming this is because the dataset is really small. What could I do to get more reasonable estimates?

There are (at least) two small sample size problems mixed here:

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*because you have too few training cases, your models (including the surrogate models of the cross validation) are not only bad on average, but also unstable (i.e. vary much if a few training instances are exchanged).

*because you have too few test cases, your test results themselves are uncertain as well. So the results you observe may be (approximately) described as
learning curve (= average performance as function of $n_{train}$) +
model instability (= variance due to training sample size) +
test variance (= variance due to test sample size) +
testing bias (depending on how exactly you formulate your scenario, i.e. wrt. to  $n_{train}$ or  $n$)
For simulations, you can at least partially unmix the training and test sample size contributions to the total uncertainty by a reference measurement of the model performance with a separate large independent test set.
If there isn't any further data (i.e. real application, no simulation), make sure that the model itself is stable (low complexity/highly regularized and/or use an aggregated model): the instability contribution to variance is the one thing here that you can influence and you anyways need to do this, because unstable always means high generalization error. Stability can be checked by iterated/repeated cross validation or out-of-bootstrap validation. In addition, the variance contribution due to model instability cancels out over many runs of the cross/out of bootstrap validation.
Once you know that this component of the variance is negligible, you can attribute the variance you observe to the finite test sample size. Note that the $n$ is the number of distinct cases that have been tested, regardless of how many runs you did. With that, you can calculate e.g. hereconfidence intervals.
Obviously this will not reduce the uncertainty as it is fundamentally caused by too few samples - but it will allow you to judge what you can (or cannot) conclude from your data. With that (possibly + simulations), you may be able to convince you supervisor/boss/customer that more samples are needed.

I only have 3 instances in the test set. is that large enough to get reliable estimates?

Typically, no.
For classification with 0/1 loss function, the situation is even worse than for regression, and there we found that for sample sizes < 100 test cases the test error is typically so large that not much can be said at all. I'd expect the situation to be somewhat nicer for regression/calibration, but unless your are superlucky and have basically noiseless data, 3 test cases will not be sufficient to draw any kind of practical conclusions.
Here's a paper we wrote about the situation for classification:
Beleites, C. and Neugebauer, U. and Bocklitz, T. and Krafft, C. and Popp, J.: Sample size planning for classification models. Anal Chim Acta, 2013, 760, 25-33.
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2012.11.007
accepted manuscript on arXiv: 1211.1323

If you need to discuss in more detail, I'd be willing to help e.g. writing a shared paper about this. I'm in chemometrics, and the topic would certainly be of practical importance.


DUBLIN, Ireland — Scene: the dining room of the American ambassador's residence in Phoenix Park, Dublin, one afternoon in 2004.
The ambassador, James C. Kenny, a fundraiser for President George W. Bush, chats pleasantly with the Irish president Mary McAleese and her dentist husband Martin (who also happen to be his neighbors), as well as a third lunch guest with a strong working class Belfast accent.
This guest is Jackie McDonald, self-styled brigadier of the loyalist paramilitary organization, the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), classified as a terrorist group in the United Kingdom.
The ambassador gets the point. Adams, head of Sinn Fein, Northern Ireland's largest nationalist party, is able to raise funds in the United States while the UDA cannot.
As the curtain falls, we can appreciate the lunch's significance. It was held on the initiative of Martin McAleese as part of a process of "opening doors" for the UDA that is only now being publicly acknowledged.
McAleese is a Catholic dentist who grew up in Protestant east Belfast where his family was burned out by loyalists and forced to flee. As the spouse of Ireland's president, seemingly condemned to a walk-on role at official functions, he decided to reach out quietly to the loyalists in his strife-torn home city.
It was a daring and risky decision. UDA members had killed hundreds of Catholic civilians in the "Troubles" that claimed more than 3,500 lives in Northern Ireland from 1968 to 1998.
The first contact came in 2003 when McAleese went to meet McDonald in the Taughmonagh social club, reputed to be UDA's Belfast headquarters, and invited him to lunch in Aras an Uachtarain, the president's official residence in Dublin. Sixty-five loyalists, some of them former bombers and gunmen who had been conditioned to regard the Republic as enemy territory, arrived in a bus at the mansion where viceroys once oversaw British rule in Ireland.
"We didn't know what to expect," said McDonald. "Some of us had never been across the border. We were wondering were we doing the right thing?" They found Mary and Martin McAleese to be Belfast natives like themselves, though from "the other side," and keen to talk about a new future in Ireland where every community would be involved. "When we left we were all saying 'When are we coming back?'" said McDonald enthusiastically.
Soon afterward Martin McAleese invited the UDA leader and a few pals to play golf at the prestigious K Club (which would host the 2006 Ryder Cup) a half-hour's drive outside Dublin.
"It was a smashing day," said McDonald, who admits being a very amateur golfer. "At lunch in the clubhouse Martin presented me with a check for £19,000 ($29,000) to build facilities and floodlights for the Dunmurry Young Men's Football Club" in Belfast. It was the first of several occasions when Martin McAleese would discretely raise funds from business contacts to help deprived loyalist communities in Northern Ireland.
McAleese then brought the UDA leader to meet the then-Irish prime minister, Bertie Ahern, in Dublin in 2007. This was a first in divided Ireland.
"We realized they hadn't got two heads and they realized we hadn't got two heads," said McDonald.
The encounter happened against the background of a slow-moving peace movement in Northern Ireland whose iconic Unionist politician, Ian Paisley, had not shaken hands with Ahern up to that point. This changed when Paisley, leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, came to Dublin shortly afterward and gripped Bertie Ahern's hand in a strong gesture of friendship.
The UDA confirmed in January this year that it had decommissioned all its weapons — following a similar move by the IRA two years earlier — and the media-shy Martin McAleese has finally broken his silence about his terrorist contacts. He told Irish television last week, "I never had any feelings of resentment or revenge. I feel very strongly we really have to make the peace process as inclusive as you can." He admitted to being very nervous at the first meeting in the UDA club. "I had no idea what the response would be!" And when McDonald came to Dublin, he was nervous in turn.
There are still occasional violent incidents in Northern Ireland, but with the IRA and the UDA disarmed and on permanent cease-fire, and with the extraordinary friendships that have sprung up across the divide, the prospect of a return to the "Troubles" is remote.
Martin McAleese, probably the best-liked (amateur) politician in Ireland today, is now turning his attention to the new crisis in Ireland, that of soaring unemployment. At his initiative, President Mary McAleese has just announced an online competition offering cash prizes of €100,000 ($136,000) each and development funds of up to €500,000 ($678,000) for new, innovative projects that will create jobs, with funding coming from private donors. "Jobs, that is what most people are concerned about," said Martin McAleese.


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Terabytes From Space: Satellite Imaging is Filling Data Centers
By Doug Mohney - April 28, 2020 Leave a Comment
Satellites from commercial providers like Planet.com are providing detailed analytics of global economic activity, while generating massive datasets. (Image: Planet.com)
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Commercial imaging companies are collecting upwards of 100 terabytes (TB) or more per day, every day, 365 days a year, accumulating huge data sets measured in petabytes per company.
While Hollywood has glorified the role of imaging satellites as all-seeing eyes tracking everything on the surface of the planet, only now is reality catching up to the movies. The real value in imagery is as much the ability to track changes over time as being able to take instant pictures of the world's hotspots. A growing number of companies are pursuing this opportunity.
"More than 40 commercial companies have launched imaging satellites in the past 10 years," said Janice Starzyk, Vice President of Commercial Space for analytics and engineering firm Bryce Space and Technology. "We count 36 commercial earth observation companies as start-up space companies. Twenty-one of these were founded between 2014 and 2019."
Bryce's internal forecasts count for more than 50 proposed commercial earth observation constellations being developed, with Starzyk projecting that between 500 to 1,000 remote sensing satellites will be launched over the next five years, with the lower end more likely given the current market.
Analytics to Predict Economic Activity
If simply adding tens of terabytes of storage business per day is not enough to whet the appetite of any data center operator, raw images must be massaged and processed into usable form, cataloged, and made searchable and deliverable to users for analysis. Machine learning is increasingly being applied to locate features and find changes over time, providing alerts to end-users when things are discovered. To top it all off, imaging data is increasingly being "fused" with other information such as satellite IoT to provide a holistic picture of happenings on the ground, sea, and sky.
But developing value-added, user friendly services is a challenge. "Most of the space remote sensing companies sell themselves as data analytics companies, because satellite imagery itself is becoming a commodity," said Brian Weeden, Director of Policy Planning at the Secure World Foundation. "The real value lies in turning that imagery or other raw data into actionable information. Turns out that's a lot harder to do than to say, but it's where the biggest commercial focus is."
San Francisco-based Planet started the wave of new commercial imaging firms in 2010, launching its first satellites in 2013. Today, Planet has two distinct fleets of optical imaging satellites. Small 3U (30x10x10 centimeter cubesat standard, not data center rack standard) Doves collecting 3- to 5-meter resolution imagery make up the majority of its fleet with over 130 in orbit, taking 1.3 million 29-megapixel images every day. Fifteen larger dorm-fridge-size SkySats provide high-resolution imagery of under 1 meter, providing enough detail to distinguish between trucks and cars.
Satellite imagery can provide a detailed view on crops and agriculture. (Image: Planet)
"We collect 10 TB per day," said Planet co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Robbie Schingler. "Once we complete our upgrade to SuperDoves, we'll collect 40 TB per day." The SuperDove satellites use upgraded cameras to capture more bands of color, giving them improved capabilities for monitoring crops and forests, locating minerals, studying the atmosphere, and other applications.
Creating an Analytics 'Time Machine'
While a single image of a single point on the planet provides value, it is the accumulation of imagery where the true treasure resides. Companies can look through an imaging catalog in a "time machine" fashion to observe economic activity such as oil tanks filling up, ships moving in and out of ports, volume of cars at shopping malls, when crops are planted and harvested just to name a few examples.
Planet has an average of 1,200 images for every point on the Earth's landmass since its satellites started operations. Colorado-based Maxar Technologies has over 110 petabytes in its library of images dating back to when its first commercial imaging satellite started operation in 2000 and adds more than 80 TB of day per day with its fleet of WorldView high-resolution imaging satellites.
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Planet has an average of 1,200 images for every point on the Earth's landmass. Maxar Technologies has over 110 petabytes in its library of images, and adds more than 80 TB of day per day.
Tapping into data center services is key for Planet and other satellite startups. "If you looked at it the way everyone was doing remote sensing systems the day we started, it would be cost prohibitive to collect that amount of data and process that amount of data," Schingler stated at a panel discussion at Satellite 2020 in Washington D.C. "And this is a bet we more or less made – by the time we had that data coming down we would be cloud-native as a company. And so we would build IT systems in place that bring in the latest computation capabilities and services available."
Planet's current and historically preferred cloud vendor of choice is Google, although the company also has worked with Rackspace and Amazon. "We made it so we weren't reliant on any one tech stack," Schingler said. "We've migrated back and forth and we use these big IT giants to negotiate off each other to get long term, really good contracts." Google is the favorite because Planet got a "long-term good deal" and the platform is viewed as the best one for machine learning and AI, with a large ecosystem of tools and applications developers.
Moving Data to the Cloud by the Truckload
Competitor Maxar stores its imagery on Amazon Web Services, having gone through the process of migrating its entire 100 PB tape library onto the Amazon cloud in 2017. Part of the process included parking a shipping container packed full of storage at Maxar's corporate headquarters in order to transfer data out of the company's data center and then move it all on wheels to an Amazon location for ingestion.
A detailed satellite view of McCarran Airport in Las Vegas. (satellite image ©2020 Maxar Technologies.)
Optical imaging satellites such as those operated by Planet and Maxar have limitations. They can't see through clouds and are of limited usefulness at night. The newest group of start-ups are planning to deploy dozens of small synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites to enable high-resolution imaging on a true 24×7 basis, unhindered by cloud cover or darkness.
SAR start-ups such as Finland's ICEYE, Japan's Synspective, and US-based Capella Space and PredaSAR are reluctant to divulge details on how much data and what they do with it, but SAR imaging collects more data, requires more onboard power than their optical counterparts, and needs more processing on the ground once raw data arrives.
ICEYE has managed to pack radar, high-speed RF data link, and enough power into a 6U cubesat roughly the size of a large shoebox (before the satellite deploys antennas and solar panels). The ICEYE team said its daily data collection rate is measured in "terabytes" with three of its satellites in commercial operation today. "SAR data needs significant processing to turn raw data into processed images, which very quickly multiplies the total data amounts per each acquisition saved on the cloud," a group of ICEYE engineers said in response to email. "Individual images are gigabytes of data when processed. ICEYE is able to take SAR videos. For these, the data collected can be tens of gigabytes."
Data storage and processing needs for ICEYE are likely to scale dramatically by the end of 2020 and in the future. ICEYE has several satellites scheduled for launch later this year and has a goal of 18 satellites in its full constellation. The company is doing a combination of local and cloud storage and post-processing, with Amazon S3 cited as its go-to for cloud storage.
A Testing Time for Startups
While some imaging start-ups may be slowed or stopped by current economic upheaval, others will likely continue forward, buoyed by the U.S. government's desire for more and diverse means of imaging outside of its fleet of specialized and very expensive satellites.
"As we're seeing in other parts of the space industry, those companies that have government contracts are absolutely more likely to weather the coming economic storm than those without," said Weeden. "Whether or not that's enough to survive, who knows."
Starzyk was a bit more optimistic, saying, "Clearly, the economic environment and liquidity crunch will impact companies in need of near-term financing to operate and continue building out their systems. However, there is a new impetus for data and analysis on a larger scale that could help spur the burgeoning markets that these companies are trying to create."
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Sheehan hails Hatters' character after snatching draw
Hatters defender Alan Sheehan heads clear
Published: 07:06 Wednesday 28 February 2018
Luton skipper Alan Sheehan praised the way his side's character shone through in abundance against Cheltenham on Saturday.
It had looked like Town would suffer only their fourth league defeat at Kenilworth Road this season after falling 2-0 behind on 55 minutes to their Gloucestershire opponents.
From 2-0 down I thought we showed great character to get back into the game and get a point.
Alan Sheehan
Although Luke Berry immediately pulled one back, Hatters were running out of ideas, until Luke Gambin swung over a stoppage time corner and Sheehan himself was there to power home at the far post.
The Irishman said: "We want to go and win every game and get three points, especially at home.
"They came, they always make it difficult for us, it's a wonder how they are where they are in the league when they play like that against us.
"They get men behind the ball and that's two 2-2 draws against us, so it is what it is.
"From 2-0 down I thought we showed great character to get back into the game and get a point which possibly at the start of the day might not have been a great result, but I don't think it was half bad to get a point looking at how the other results went.
"We have character, we've played a lot of good football this year and I know we have to finish the job off but we've played some unbelievable football at times throughout the season.
"It's not always going to be like that. It was a frustrating game, no two ways about it and we can't get away from the fact that it was very frustrating out there, but we dug in and got a point in the end."
Despite going 2-0 behind with just over half an hour to go, the captain never thought Town were out of the game though.
He continued: "You have to be positive and we know we've got goals in our team.
"We try to keep it as tight as possible at the back, but it's strange feeling.
"We're happy to come back from 2-0 down and then disappointed to not win the game, that's the way it is."
As Sheehan had stated, a point wasn't the worst outcome, especially with second placed Wycombe beaten 4-2 at home by Morecambe and Mansfield drawing 1-1 with Coventry.
The defender admitted that he, and the rest of the squad, are straight over to check the various results when they come off the pitch.
He added: "When you kind of drop two points and you come in and the lads that weren't playing, Scotty (Cutbert) and Alan (McCormack), they have it up and just say, 'look, it's not a bad point.'
"They try to keep everyone upbeat, so we know it's in our hands if we do our jobs and get the points. It's just about hitting a small bit of momentum now and keeping it going."


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Q: MySQL Select if Timestamp is in the past I have a database like this:

TABLE
Name               |            timestamp
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Hello              |            2013-02-23 14:26:18
Yo                 |            2013-03-22 14:26:18

I want to do a SQL Select where only things that are in the past (e.g. the timestamp isn't set for the future) are selected.
What would be the best way to do that?
Thanks for any help.
EDIT:
I tried the suggestions but none of them seem to work, here is the query:
SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE timestamp<NOW()

And it still selected everything, I also tried:
SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE timestamp<CURRENT_TIMESTAMP

And it still selected everything again.
It's really wierd, when I use "timestamp>CURRENT_TIMESTAMP" it seems to work (it hides all items not from the future) but not when I try the other direction which makes no sense. Could it be a timezone issue or something like that?

A: SELECT `Name` FROM `TABLE` WHERE `timestamp` < NOW();

Should get you what you want.

A: SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE timestamp<now();

A: Try the following query :
SELECT * FROM YourTable WHERE 'timestamp' < CURRENT_TIMESTAMP

A: Have you tried
SELECT *
FROM yourtable T
WHERE T.timestamp < NOW();

...?
NOW() ...

Returns the current date and time as a value in 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS'
  or YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.uuuuuu format, depending on whether the function is
  used in a string or numeric context. The value is expressed in the
  current time zone.

A: select * from table where `timestamp` < now()


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Son Heung-min calf injury adds to Tottenham's worries
Martin Hardy
Son played for South Korea, against Iraq, last Thursday
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Son Heung-min has suffered a calf injury while on international duty with South Korea, adding to a growing list of potential absentees for the Tottenham Hotspur head coach Nuno Espírito Santo.
The 29-year-old was withdrawn from his country's World Cup qualifier with Lebanon after feeling discomfort in his right leg. Tottenham will wait until Friday to comment on the scale of the injury after assessing their forward.
A statement from the Korean FA read: "Son Heung-min was removed from the player's protection due to a right calf muscle sprain, which was conducted yesterday after training because he felt discomfort in his right calf."
Son has scored winning goals against Manchester City and Watford this season, leading Spurs to the top of the Premier League. Any


Researchers describe a nearly missed case of Strongyloides infection in the April issue of Gastroenterology, had it not been for analysis of duodenal biopsies.
Douglas Grunwald et al describe the case of a 74-year-old Jamaican-born woman with a 3-month history of dyspepsia, nausea, bloating, early satiety, and weight loss of 40 lbs. In the past, she had been infected with Helicobacter pylori and Strongyloides, both of which were treated; she also had a history of acid reflux, diabetes, and hypertension. Her medications included metformin, simvastatin, and losartan.
An abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan showed signs of endometrial cancer. She subsequently had an uncomplicated abdominal hysterectomy. However, she continued to have nausea, anorexia, and failure to thrive.
On readmission to the hospital 15 days after surgery, a CT scan showed small bowel hyperenhancement, edema, and anasarca. Tests of stool for Strongyloides ova, parasite, and antibodies all gave negative results. The physicians performed an esophagogastroduodenoscopy and found large, geographic duodenal ulcers with brownish discoloration of the mucosa (arrows in figure A). She had not used nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and tested negative for H pylori.
Duodenal biopsies revealed parasitic forms consistent with Strongyloides species (figure B).
Strongyloides is a soil-transmitted helminth—its primary mode of infection is through contact with soil that is contaminated with free-living larvae. When the larvae come in contact with skin, they penetrate it and migrate through the body, eventually finding their way to the small intestine, where they burrow and lay their eggs. Unlike other soil-transmitted helminths like hookworm or whipworm, whose eggs do not hatch until they are in the environment, the eggs of Strongyloides hatch into larvae in the intestine. Most of these larvae are excreted in the stool, but some of the larvae molt and immediately re-infect the host either by burrowing into the intestinal wall or by penetrating the perianal skin.
Gastrointestinal manifestations of Strongyloides infection include nausea, vomiting, anorexia, abdominal pain, and protein-losing enteropathy. Patients are usually treated with anti-helminth drugs (eg, ivermectin, albendazole).
The researchers say that they did not have positive results from stool studies or ELISAs for Strongyloidesserum antibodies because the sensitivity of repeated stool evaluation is around 50%, and sensitivity of the ELISA test is 65%–90%. Furthermore, the antibodies are often not detected in immune-compromised patients.
Grunwald et al state that the best way to detect this infection is by histopathology analysis of duodenal biopsies. The endoscopic features of duodenal Strongyloides infection are broad and include edema, brown discoloration of the mucosa, erythema, subepithelial hemorrhages, and megaduodenum. These features are nonspecific and are also seen in patients with ischemic ulcers, users of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or patients with cancer or H pylori infection.
Due to the patient's history of previous Strongyloides infection, the authors began treating her with ivermectin before pathologic confirmation of the parasite.
Grunwald et al say that the severity of the patient's illness was likely precipitated by her recent malignancy and a new diagnosis of human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV-1) infection, which is endemic to the Caribbean and commonly observedin combination with Strongyloides.
The authors propose that HTLV-1 disrupts the ability of T cells to detect and eliminate Strongyloides.
The patient was treated successfully with an extended regimen of ivermectin and nutritional support. Four months after treatment, her weight was stable, her albumin level increased, and a repeat esophagogastroduodenoscopy showed normal duodenal mucosa.


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Filippo Carandini (Pesaro, 6 de setembro de 1729 - Modena, 28 de agosto de 1810) foi um cardeal do século XVIII e XIX

Nascimento
Nasceu em Pesaro em 6 de setembro de 1729. De uma família nobre de Modena. Quinto dos nove filhos do Marquês Gian Lodovico Carandini e da Condessa Osanna Magni de Mântua. Os outros irmãos eram Paolo, Francesca (prioresa de S. Maria Maddalena, Pesaro), Cleofe (freira beneditina) Girolamo, Anna Teresa, Cassandra, Claudia e Niccolò (falecido na infância). Tio materno do cardeal Ercole Consalvi (1800). Parente do cardeal Antonio Frosini (1823).

Educação
Estudou no Collegio di Pesaro ; depois, estudou direito canônico e civil em Roma, onde foi chamado por seu pai, que depois de enviuvar se estabeleceu naquela cidade e ingressou na prelazia.

Início da vida
Ministro de Francesco II, duque de Modena, perante a Santa Sé, 1774. O duque nomeou-o posteriormente conselheiro do Estado de Modena. Prelado doméstico de Sua Santidade Pio VI, 1777. Tenente do Vicariato de Roma. Vice -gerente de Roma. Tenente do auditor da Câmara Apostólica. Secretário da SC do Conselho Tridentino, 1785.

Cardinalado
Criado cardeal diácono no consistório de 29 de janeiro de 1787; recebeu o chapéu vermelho em 1º de fevereiro de 1787; e a diaconia de S. Maria em Portico Campitelli, 23 de abril de 1787. Atribuída à SS. CC. do Santo Ofício, Exame dos Bispos, Lauretana , delle Acuqe , e a Economia do Collegio de Propaganda Fide. Protetor da cidade de Pesaro; e do Conservatorio del Carmine , Gianicolo. Prefeito da SC de Bom Governo, 6 de fevereiro de 1787. Recebeu as ordens menores, 28 de dezembro de 1787; subdiaconato, 6 de junho de 1789. Optou pela diaconia de S. Eustáquio, 12 de setembro de 1794. Participou do conclave de 1799-1800, celebrada em Veneza, que elegeu o Papa Pio VII. Prefeito da SC do Conselho Tridentino, março de 1800 até sua morte em 28 de agosto de 1810. Visitante perpétuo dos Tribunais Romanos. Quando os franceses ocuparam Roma, ele foi forçado a deixar a cidade em 16 de junho de 1809, sob a ameaça de ter seus bens confiscados; refugiou-se em Tolentino; e depois em Modena com sua família, onde chegou em 9 de julho de 1810.

Morte
Morreu em Modena em 28 de agosto de 1810, após uma curta doença. Exposto no Palácio Carandini, Modena; o funeral, celebrado pelo bispo Tiburzio Cortese de Modena, aconteceu na catedral de Modena. Sepultado, em frente à grade do canto da Epístola, junto ao local onde é venerado o corpo de S. Germiniano, junto à escadaria da capela do Sacramento

Cardeais nomeados pelo papa Pio VI


The calculation of current in a three phase system has been brought up on our site feedback and is a discussion I seem to get involved in every now and again. While some colleagues prefer to remember formulas or factors, I prefer to resolve the problem step by step using basic principles. I thought it would be good to write how I do these calculations. Hopefully it may prove useful to someone else.
Note: you can do these equations in either VA, V and A or kVA, kV and kA depending on the magnitude of the parameters you are dealing with. To convert from VA to kVA just divide by 1000.
To me the easiest way to solve three phase problems is to convert them to a single phase problem. Take a three phase motor (with three windings, each identical) consuming a given kW. The kW per winding (single phase) has to be the total divided by 3. Similarly a transformer (with three windings, each identical) supplying a given kVA will have each winding supplying a third of the total power. To convert a three phase problem to a single phase problem take the total kW (or kVA) and divide by three.
Easy enough. To find the power given current, multiply by the voltage and then the power factor to convert to W. For a three phase system multiply by three to get the total power.
As a rule I remember the method (not formulae) and rework it every time I do the calculation. When I try to remember formulae I always forget them soon or become unsure if I am remembering them correctly. My advice would be to always try remember the method and not simply memorize formula. Of course if you do have some super ability at remembering formula, you can always keep to this approach.
The above method relies on remembering a few simple principals and manipulating the problem to give the answer.
The above deals with balanced three phase systems. That is the current in each phase is the same and each phase delivers or consumes the same amount of power. This is typical of power transmission systems, electrical motors and similar types of equipment.
Often where single phase loads are involved, residential and commercial premises for example, the system can be unbalanced with each phase have a different current and delivering or consuming a differing amount of power.
Luckily in practice voltages tend to be fixed or very by only small amounts. In this situation and with a little thought it is possible to extend the above type of calculation to unbalanced current three phase systems. The key to doing this is that the sum of power in each phase is equal to the total power of the system.
Similarly given the power in each phase you could easily find the phase currents. If you also know the power factor you can convert between kVA and kW as shown earlier.
If the voltages become unbalanced or there are other considerations (i.e. unbalanced phase shift), then it is necessary to revert to more traditional network analysis. System voltages and currents can be found by drawing out the circuit in full detail and using Kirchhoff's laws and other network theorems.
Other things to consider while carrying out calculations may include the efficiency of equipment. Knowing that efficiency of power consuming equipment is the output power divided by the input power, again this can easily accounted.for Reactive power is not discussed in the article and more details can be found in other notes (just use the site search).
By remembering that a three phase power (kW or kVA) is simply three times the single phase power, any three phase problem can be simplified. Divide kW by the power factor to get the kVA. VA is simply the current times the voltage, so knowing this and the voltage can give the current. When calculating the current use the phase voltage which is related to the line voltage by the square root of three. Using these rules it is possible to work out any three phase problem without the need to remember and/or resort to formulas.
Thanks for pointing out the mistake. I have now changed it to show kVA.
For each phase the VA is current x voltage (i.e. 80x210 = 1680 VA). Add up the three phases = 48720 VA (or 48.72 kVA). Alternatively add the currents and multiply by the voltage (80+70+82)*210 = 48.72 kVA. By the way, I think you probably wanted to say 230 V (not 210 V) if VLL is 400 V.
The rpm does not affect it. Also depends on if it is three phase or single phase and the voltage. Motor rated power is normally the output power, so to be fully accurate you need to consider the efficiency. Ignoring efficiency and assuming single phase 230 V, the VA would be 184 (230 V x 0.8 A) and power factor 110/184 = 0.6.
I need to calculate the line current in each of the three phases can some one please help with a formula?
I would treat these as three separate single phase problems. The phase voltage is 400/ √(3) = 230 V. To convert kW to kVA you need the power factor (you could just use kW, but you would have some error). For the red phase, assuming a power factor of 0.95, the kVA is 20 kW / 0.95 = 21 kVA. The line current is then the kVA divided by the voltage, i.e. 21,000 / 230 = 91 A. Similar method for the other phases.
I am calculating the current in a 3 phase 380 V balanced Y system with a single motor load of 746 watts with a power factor of 0.72 and am getting different results when using the approaches suggested above.
Which brings up another question. Why is the Y and Delta line current the same? I thought Y systems had lower line currents and that was one advantage to using them. Any help greatly appreciated!
The kW in your formula is the three phase kW, so I think you should be using 746 (not 249).
I'm not sure if this helpful, but I will derive the formulae using the above method so you can see the two tie together.
I've always been bad a remembering formulae, so I prefer to remember concepts/methods. To me it is easier, and if necessary I can always derive the formulae. If remembering is formulae more easy, just go with that.
On the Star Delta. Consider the motor as a black box taking some power. Power is related to the voltage and current so regardless of star or delta if the box taking the same power, both voltage and current will be the same. What normally happens in star is that because the voltage is less across each winding, you end up delivering less power then you would in delta (less power is less current).
I do have my 'Motor Starting - Star Delta' post drafted which explains this in more detail. I'm just holding off on posting as the upgrading of site is going really well. The new posting/commenting system is way better than the current one and I'm now just waiting to use it. Planning to make the new site live in about a week.
Thanks Steven! That definitely clarifies the error in my calcs.
As a practical matter when literature specifies "line" voltage does this correspond to the country standard; ie 480 VAC 3 phase industrial power in the US?
John, line voltage is dependant on country (and varies within countries). If you do a site search for "International Voltages" we have a Wiki page which lists some of these (may be slightly out of date). Robert, I make the line current as 33.6 A. You can't divide the current by three (power kW or kVA - yes). If you think of a motor, each winding identical then they would each consume a third of the power. The current just does not work that way.
So (I) would be equal to 72.79A ... is this 72.79 divided by the 3 phase, i.e does each phase has a load of 24.26 A ?
Should VLL not be VLN here?
Hence I wondered why you would then multiply VLL again by √3.
I pretty sure the formula given is correct. Within the body of the post I have added an example of how to derive the formulae. Please check this and if you find any errors or mistakes let me know.
Please tell the capacity of the transformer required. How to use the formula and which formula to find it out..???
As a general guide I would just add up the VA, use a 70% load factor. Total VA = 50.46, using 70% require 72 VA transformer (chose next standard size up).
You need to be cognisant of what you are supplying and if this will affect the sizing (for example if the load is non-linear).
3 phase system, if 1 phase out ( fuse cut0ff burn ) for meter kwh, can make the electricity bill increase..??
Not directly related to the post, but this is a great question. Would it be possible for you to ask this in our question section. I think you will get a better response and help our other users. I will also put together a proper answer when I get some time.
I have electric motor from USA, 3 phase 230 Volt 60 Hz. Can we use in Asia (380 volt 50 Hz)? or need modification on the motor.
I would say you cannot use the motor at 50Hz, 380V. The motor would be running faster due to the frequency. In addition the voltage would be increase the torque and current for which the motor is likely not designed.
I have the same issue with our Contractor supplying pump motor 50hz, where-in our system here is 60 hz.
To make the situation confusing, the contractor got the confirmation from the manufacturere. ABB that according to their calculation, that 50hz motor would be fine for 60hz system.
Need your excellent advise Mr. Steven.
It's hooked to a 3 phase wye system 208/120.
Pip, sorry for the delay – busy relocating countries/jobs at the moment.
With A-B, B-C and A-C you are looking a loads in a delta connected system. 208/120 is the voltage for a delta (208) / star (120), connected system. You would have 208 volts across each of the loads you gave and can find the current using Ohm's law (i.e. A-B 56,000/208 = 269 A in that branch).
Strictly speaking you should be using kVA (which you can obtain by dividing the watts by the power factor).
Also make sure you are really dealing with a delta system and not a star-connected system (i.e. A-N, B-N and C-N).
Steven, let me give you a few more details.
I work in the entertainment industry and definitely work with a star connected (wye) system where all legs measured to neutral is 120V and leg to leg is 208V. What I need to know is how many amps I'm pulling on each individual leg. We have a lot of loads that are connected line-neutral and figuring out those loads is easy. Where I have issues is when we have loads connected across two phases. If the system is perfectly balanced I again have no issues figuring out the amps drawn on each leg. But in the example I gave you the loads are quite obviously not balanced. Now the calculation you gave me gives me the total amps on A-B but it doesn't tell me how many amps I'm pulling on A and how many amps I'm pulling on B. I know when you are dealing with loads connected across phases figuring out the current isn't as straight forward as using ohms law. I just don't know how to go about it.
I understand a little more now (perhaps not fully). I think you can still convert to three single phase problems, with phase A having halt of the AB load and half of the AC load. Similarly for phase B (1/2AB + 1/2BC) and phase C (1/2BC + 1/2AC).
I have assumed the power factor =1 and W = VA.
Thanks for the write up. In your example where you break down a 3-phase problem to a single phase problem with the 36kW load, you get 60A. That 60A is total rms current for a single phase, not the peak current, correct? So is it as simple as multiply by 3 to get the total, 3-phase rms current?
Your correct it is the RMS current. You could do the calculation in terms of peak current if you wanted (for a sine wave the relationship between the peak and RMS is the square root of two).
You do not need to multiply by 3. The current calculated is the line current - if you place an ammeter in the circuit, this is what you will measure.
So it is the second part of your reply that I don't understand. In a three phase system, the amount of current going through one of the phases is not a fraction of the amount of current going through all three? If I was to create a 3 phase fault by shorting all three phases together, how much current would go through the fault towards the load?
Try to look at the following post. In the post, the motor is a three phase load, where as the socket is single phase - in each case case you have the line current which is common (for example, the current flowing in L1).
After looking at the above post, please let me know if it makes more sense or if you still need a better explanation.
If you create a fault the current will increase (you have reduced the circuit impedance with the fault). Current won't flow through the fault to the load (or very little will). At the fault location, because the phases are shorted, they will be at nearly the same voltage (close to zero depending on the impedance). The load sees this voltage and no current will flow.
How can I calculate power factor(pf) if I know the kW, V, Hz and reactive power?
For a three phase AC generator.
Once you know the kVA, you can calculate the power factor form pf=kW/kVA.
To find the kVA you can use sqrt(kW^2 + kWr^2), where kWr is the reactive power.
Hi all, i have problem in total current computation from ;three phase and single phase, the system is 380v 3-phase, line to neutral is 220.
three phase current is 491.5a.
my question is do i need to multiply 80.6a to 1.732 to convert in 3 phase?
The three phase current as you are trying to calculate it does not exist. In the A phase you have 80.6A, B phase 65.8A and C phase 73.2A - that's it. You still have your three phase system, with the current in each line being slightly different (if all the line currents were the same it would just be a balanced three system).
Because you have an unbalanced system, you will have some current in the neural line. You can calculated this be summing the A, B and C phases, taking into account the phase difference (easiest to do this using complex notation).
Three phase simply means you have three windings instead of one; giving you the A, B and C phases (and if star connected a neutral conductor). In a single phase system you would only have one winding, giving you a single phase (live and neutral).
thank you very much for the reply, but how to calculate the total ampere of the system, if A phase 80.6A, B phase 65.8A, C phase 73.2A. and total current of 491.5A from the three phase motors. should i combine/sum phase A, phase B, Phase C and 491.5A. to get the total current. so that i can assign suitable cable and breaker?
You don't need to combine the current - just take the worse case line current for sizing cables/breakers.
You give the worse case as 80.6A. I'm not sure of where you are getting your 491.5A from. If the 491.5A is an existing or additional loads to the 80.6A, you would need to add to get the total current (i.e. 572.1A).
491.5A is a total current of three phase motor using traditional method of current calculation.
one more question. can i connect single phase motors to line-neutral?like air compressor & pump motor?
I don't see any problem in connecting the single phase motor to line/neutral. This is done all the time (fridge or toilet extract fan in your house for example). Just try to balance your single phase loads as much as possible across all three phases.
Thank you very much Steven..
Hi Steven, how to get the total KVA of the system if Line AB =642.24amp. BC=651.85A, AC=651.84A, supply voltage 220 line to line. Power factor 0.86, and what size of breaker and cable should I use. Kindly show the computation. Thanks.
For the breaker, I would likely be looking at 800 A (posibly something like a MasterPact NT or NW, depending on other parameters) and setting the overload protection in the range of 710 A (this is plus 10%).
There is always more than one way to do things. I like to use kVA as this is just the voltage multiplied by the current. If you know the kVA and voltage, it is very easy to work out the current. If you wanted to do all your calculations in kW, you could - but you would need to include the power factor as well in any calculation.
Thanks Steven, it helps a lot. But if you don't mind, I would like to ask a few more question about the apparent power and complex power. What is the difference between the two. I have a book here about circuits it tells that the key to solving problems about three phase is to find the current. I know that it is right but how can i used it to find the value of complex power?? And the value of the impedance and the reactance if required.
Have a read of the note and if you are still unclear, you can add a comment to post.
I am a student and I've been struggling to understand something: if we have a balanced STAR connection with a certain apparent power consumption (VA), will this power change if we switch the connection to DELTA?
I know this probably is easy to understand, but I got myself to a completely confused state. Thank you!
In general when connecting in delta you have a higher voltage on each leg, so I would say you consume more power. I try not to think like that as it confuses me as well and there is sometimes more to it than that. My advice would be to look at your actual situation and analysis it to see the effect of changing from star to delta. Also be aware that if draw more power, you equipment may not have been designed for it.
Sir, when a voltage dip occurs current increases, so instead of dimming, a bulb should glow brighter but the reverse thing happens, why?
I believe that as you lower the voltage across the lamp, the current would reduce and the brightness (think of the lamp as a resistance).
Hi Steven, I drive a centrifugal water pump with a three phase motor. I measure the Power (kW) required by the electrical motor. If the voltage supplied from the grid changes within acceptable tolerances, say 5%, what would you expect will happen to the Power (kW) which I measure?. I expect it to stay the same. Am I correct?
Each phase of 3 phase machine takes a load of 16 amps, So how do I calculate how many KVA generator is required ? Does Power Factors plays any role?
It works the same a for a consumer of power. Just multiply the current by the phase-neutral voltage (to get the power per phase) and then by 3. The power factor only comes into play if you want to see the kW (just multiply the kVA by the power factor).
I want to know in motors we use capacitor, we use star connection for starting 3 phase, is it because the current lags the voltage by 90 degree in an coil or is it for a different reason..
Sorry if this is a simple question. What is the difference between three phase power factor and single phase power factor.
The power factor is the ratio of the real work to the apparent power. The same definition holds for both three phase and single phase systems.
As a note, it is possible to have a different power factor in each phase of a three phase system. Generally when people talk about power factor, they are concerned with the overall system. If you are looking at it on a phase by phase you may need to be a little careful.
What is the current of an 647kW, 577V three-phase load with cosFI=0.91?
Using the formula, [Sqrt3 x V x I x Cos (Phi)= Power (Watts)] , the current comes to be about 711 A.
Assuming 577 V is Line Voltage and load is balanced.


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The Blighted City
(The Fractured Tapestry, #1)
by Scott Kaelen
Genres: fantasy > dark fantasy + high fantasy
To challenge the gods is to invite their wrath. So it is written of Lachyla, the Blighted City, in the Codex of the Ages. But who reads codices? And who really believes the tall stories of the Taleweavers?
Dagra does. If it's a story about the gods – even a dead god – he believes every word. When his sellsword team is offered a contract to cross the Deadlands and find a burial jewel in the crypts of the Blighted City, Dagra wants no part of it. His companions are undaunted by the legend; to them, the blurred divide between the living and the dead is superstitious nonsense. Completing the contract would earn their guild's failing reputation a much-needed boost and secure them the bounty of a lifetime. They're going, with or without him. Torn between the convictions of his beliefs and the importance of his friendships, Dagra reluctantly journeys into the godless region in search of the fabled city. But the Deadlands are only the first challenge.
The sellswords uncover an age-old deception when they learn that Lachyla's foul seed is much darker than its legend, that its truth must forever remain untold or risk plunging humanity into an eternal nightmare. Snagged on the barbs of the blight, Dagra faces the toughest choice of his life... and of his death.
About the Author :: Scott Kaelen
Scott Kaelen writes in the genres of epic fantasy, science fiction, horror, humour, poetry and non-fiction. His latest published work is the novel The Blighted City. His current project is a second novel in the Fractured Tapestry series.
Scott's interests include etymology, psychology, prehistoric Earth, the Universe, cRPGs, and reading and watching sci-fi, fantasy and horror. His favourite shows are Stargate, Farscape, Star Trek, Red Dwarf, Primeval and Killjoys.
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Make sure you have read the "Guides" section of the C track on the Exercism site. This covers the basic information on setting up the development environment expected by the exercises.
Get the first test compiling, linking and passing by following the three rules of test-driven development.
The included makefile can be used to create and run the tests using the test task.
Create just the functions you need to satisfy any compiler errors and get the test to fail. Then write just enough code to get the test to pass. Once you've done that, move onto the next test.
As you progress through the tests, take the time to refactor your implementation for readability and expressiveness and then go on to the next test.
Try to use standard C99 facilities in preference to writing your own low-level algorithms or facilities by hand.
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