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Gachin Rural District () is a rural district (dehestan) in the Central District of Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 19,479, in 4,343 families. The rural district has 19 villages.

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Everyone in the construction industry is painfully aware that the labor shortage is impacting almost every facet of their business. Despite such a positive projected growth for the industry, it's vital businesses evaluate what areas the labor shortage is affecting the most.
A recent report from Hays' U.S. 2018 Salary Guide showcases that across the accounting and finance, construction, IT, life sciences, and property and facilities management industries there are three general business elements 92 percent of survey respondents agreed were being severely impacted.
When businesses have less employees to do the same amount of work or more, it's typically more challenging for them to be as productive. This is particularly evident in the construction industry due to the volume of new work projected for the years ahead. With major companies such as Amazon and Microsoft building new headquarters, the numerous recent U.S. natural disasters, and the proposed Infrastructure bill, the construction industry is one of the few that will continue to see rising job rates and a high demand for work.
However, a National Association of Home Builders poll of 2,000 18 to 25 year-olds found that even though 74 percent say they know the field in which they want to have a career, only 3 percent are interested in the construction trades.
This element goes hand in hand with productivity. If employees are facing more stress due to the higher volume of work and not enough personnel or resources to handle it, stress is inevitable. With increased stress, it's easy for employees to face burnout, which could lead to lost revenue for the business and a new job search for the employee. In fact, in the past it has been estimated that job stress cost U.S. businesses between $150 billion (according to Spielberger, Vagg, & Wasala, 2003, citing Wright and Smye) and $300 billion annually (according to the American Institute of Stress).
The two elements above are a fast track to affecting this third one. If employees feel overworked, aren't able to get their work done and aren't feeling satisfied in their job, it's a recipe for a high turnover rate. A survey of 614 human resources professionals by software provider Kronos Incorporated and executive development firm Future Workplace found 46 percent said that employee burnout is responsible for up to half of their annual workforce turnover. The study also found 32 percent of respondents said unreasonable workload and too much overtime/after-hours work (32 percent) were two of the top three contributors to burnout, the third being unfair compensation at 41 percent.
In Hays' guide, it listed promoting company culture (48 percent) and offering competitive salaries (43 percent) as the two most successful methods of appealing to job seekers. Making sure both of these areas are highlighted proactively and throughout the entirety of the hiring process is essential to peaking the interest of the right job seekers. On the opposite end of the spectrum, the largest threat to retention was competitors who can pay more, with money being the biggest factor in turnover.
As noted above, focusing on company culture gives a job seeker a peek into what it's like to work for the company and what kind of values it's serious about. This doesn't just mean highlighting that the business has team bonding activities and free coffee. To be a step ahead of the competition, offering benefits, flexible schedules, development opportunities and paid leave could be a game changer for prospective and current employees.
Technology is not only changing the industry, but also the ways employees can be trained. With employees in the construction industry taking on more responsibility, it's important to have training methods in place that are flexible and adaptable to the industry changes. To get employees through the training process more efficiently, companies should have a balance of more practical educational experiences in addition to more traditional formats such as the classroom.
Businesses should strongly consider setting aside the time to reevaluate their approach to hiring new employees and retaining the current ones. The labor shortage won't be fixed overnight, but all companies can put together strategic efforts so that they don't continue to have a negative effect on the industry and its employees long-term.


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On 1 March 1997 the Government of Bolivia entered into a 25 year contract with Airport Group International to operate the three largest airports in Bolivia – El Alto International Airport in La Paz, Jorge Wilstermann Airport and Viru Viru International Airport in Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
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1 124.13 miles (199.77 km) SSE Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport (SRE) Sucre, Bolivia
2 147.20 miles (236.90 km) WNW El Alto International Airport (LPB) La Paz, Bolivia
3 180.53 miles (290.53 km) NNW Capitán Germán Quiroga Guardia Airport (SRJ) San Borja, Bolivia
4 198.26 miles (319.07 km) NNE Teniente Jorge Henrich Arauz Airport (TDD) Trinidad, Bolivia
5 199.75 miles (321.47 km) E El Trompillo Airport (SRZ) Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
6 200.99 miles (323.46 km) E Viru Viru International Airport (VVI) Santa Cruz, Bolivia
7 212.14 miles (341.40 km) NNE La Esperanza Airport (LEZ) La Esperanza, Honduras
8 213.76 miles (344.02 km) SSW Uyuni Joya Andina Airport (UYU) Uyuni, Potosí, Bolivia
9 224.67 miles (361.57 km) NNW Rurrenabaque Airport (RBQ) Rurrenabaque, Bolivia
10 224.85 miles (361.86 km) ENE Ascención de Guarayos Airport (ASC) Ascención de Guarayos, Bolivia
11 231.34 miles (372.31 km) NW Apolo Airport (APB) Apolo, La Paz, Bolivia
12 248.94 miles (400.62 km) SE Camiri Airport (CAM) Camiri, Bolivia
13 257.56 miles (414.50 km) N Santa Ana del Yacuma Airport (SBL) Santa Ana del Yacuma, Bolivia
14 281.04 miles (452.29 km) WSW Chacalluta International Airport (ACM) Arica, Amazonas, Colombia
15 281.04 miles (452.29 km) WSW Chacalluta International Airport (ARI) Arica, Chile
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1 12,156.36 miles (19,563.72 km) NE Haikou Meilan International Airport (HAK) Haikou, Hainan, China
2 12,140.41 miles (19,538.05 km) ENE Sanya Phoenix International Airport (SYX) Sanya, Hainan, China
3 12,118.60 miles (19,502.95 km) N Zhuhai Jinwan Airport (ZUH) Zhuhai, Guangdong, China
4 12,109.74 miles (19,488.68 km) N Macau International Airport (MFM) Taipa, Macau
5 12,099.74 miles (19,472.59 km) N Shun Tak Heliport (HHP) Sheung Wan, China
6 12,099.01 miles (19,471.43 km) N Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong
7 12,090.62 miles (19,457.92 km) NE Zhanjiang Airport (ZHA) Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China
8 12,076.23 miles (19,434.75 km) N Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport (SZX) Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
9 12,070.20 miles (19,425.05 km) ENE Chu Lai Airport (VCL) Chu Lai, Quang Nam, Vietnam
10 12,052.75 miles (19,396.97 km) ENE Đà Nẵng International Airport (DAD) Da Nang, Vietnam
11 12,044.73 miles (19,384.06 km) N Huizhou Airport (HUZ) Huizhou, Guangdong, China
12 12,042.59 miles (19,380.62 km) N Foshan Shadi Airport (FUO) Foshan, Guangdong, China
13 12,038.76 miles (19,374.45 km) NE Phu Cat Airport (UIH) Qui Nhơn, Binh Dinh, Vietnam
14 12,026.97 miles (19,355.48 km) NE Beihai Fucheng Airport (BHY) Beihai, Guangxi, China
15 12,026.15 miles (19,354.17 km) E Phu Bai International Airport (HUI) Huế, Thừa Thiên–Huế, Vietnam
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Attributes of Rotational Component of Mining Induced Seismic Events.
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Measurement of Induced Stress Change During Longwall Exploitation.
Czech - Polish Workshop On Recent Geodynamics of the Sudeten and Adjacent Areas /11./. Praha: ÚSMH AV ČR, 2010 - (Schenk, V.; Kontny, B.). s. 27-27. ISBN N. ISSN N.
Present microearthquakes activity occurring in Silesia and northern Moravia.
Czech - Polish Workshop on Recent Geodynamics of the Sudetten and Adjacent Areas /9./ - Abstracts. Praha: Ústav struktury a mechaniky hornin AV ČR, 2008. s. 8-8.
Structural response by mining induced seismic events in the Karviná Area, Czech Republic.
50th Anniversary of the European Seismological Commission (ESC). 28. General Assembly. Book of Abstracts. Genoa: University of Genoa, 2002. s. 129. ISBN 88-7388-008-8.
Monitoring of weak local seismic activity in the Northern Part of the Moravo-Silesian Zone, Bohemian Massif.
50th Anniversary of the European Seismological Commission (ESC), 28. General Assembly. Book of Abstracts. Genoa: University of Genoa, 2002. s. 74. ISBN 88-7388-008-8.
Examples of vibrations generated by quarry blasts in tertiary sedimentary basin.
50th Anniversary of the European seismological Commission (ESC). 28.General Assembly. Book of Abstracts. Genoa: University of Genoa, 2002. s. 273. ISBN 88-7388-008-8.
Influence of Basin structures on the Shape of Wave Pattern of induced seismic events: example of the North Bohemian Brown Coal Basin.
8th Coal geology Conference. Abstracts. Praha: UK, 1998. s. 28.
Source Parameters of Mining Induced Seismic Events in Czech Part of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin.
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Some Features of Seismic Waves Observed on the Territory of Moravia and Silesia.
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Response of selected sites in Karvina region during mining induced seismic events.
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KNEXT in College Park, MD and Cuyahoga County, Ohio
By ANDREW MACKENZIE FELLOWS
From my years of experience as a resident, including a dozen as mayor and a council member, of College Park, Maryland, I know that my community puts significant value on small, non-chain, locally owned businesses. The local Starbucks may be appreciated, but the Bagel Place at the corner of College and Baltimore Avenue has a special place in our hearts. Listening to the rhetoric of political candidates of all political leanings suggests that everyone is a champion of small business. Yet the market and policy frameworks in which small businesses operate are a challenge to their success.
During the six years (2009–2015) I was the mayor of College Park, almost every conversation regarding proposed new developments included a discussion of how we might support existing small businesses through our decisions. Embedded in those deliberations was the general understanding that it is often challenging for small businesses to survive competition with chains that have a larger volume to absorb costs and a larger marketing budget. Finding customers, retaining them, and building market share are harder for mom and pop businesses without marketing departments, ad campaigns, and/or various analytics to create efficient marketing opportunities.
Immediately next to UMD College Park are four municipalities (College Park, Hyattsville, Riverdale Park, and University Park—and unincorporated County communities such as Adelphi, Beltsville, and College Heights Estates. Each of these communities has distinct characteristics served by a variety of nearby small businesses. Part of what creates a sense of community is the shopping in local neighborhoods that goes on as a regular part of daily life.
KNEXT (a shortened version of Knowledge Extension) is a project of the University of Maryland's (UMD) College of Information Studies (the iSchool) and Kent State University designed to increase the capacity of small businesses to compete with larger competitors that have the advantage of significantly more resources for market research and analysis. Kent State will be working in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, while the UMD will be focusing efforts on communities near the College Park campus. Partnering with the Prince George's County Memorial Library System, local small businesses, and business-supportive institutions, the iSchool launched the project on March 9, 2018 with a gathering of leaders from these organizations to discuss the opportunities it presents.
Initial efforts focus on identifying the current status of technological support of small business in Prince George's County and surrounding communities. KNEXT staff will be conducting comprehensive surveys designed to assess the extent to which business research needs are being met, identifying the existing gap, and creating a plan to fill that gap.
This summer, the KNEXT project will be following up with these leaders, as well as those who were unable to attend, to begin the comprehensive assessment. We're looking forward to working with our community partners, strengthening our relationship with the Prince George's County Memorial Library System, and supporting local businesses.
If you have a question, want more information, or have a suggestion, please contact the KNEXT team at knext-research@umd.edu. We look forward to hearing from you!
Kickoff of the KNEXT Research – Summary
The Knowledge Extension research project led by Kent State University, School of Information and the University of Maryland College of Information Studies kicked off their respective research projects with partners from the surrounding libraries, local businesses, small business development centers, and economic leaders in the region. The Kickoffs occurred on January 24, 2018, in Ohio and March 9, 2018, in Maryland. Both events were well attended and may grow as the conversations began to highlight other important stakeholders in the community. 15 people attended the Kent State meeting (2 attended remotely). 18 people attended the University of Maryland kickoff. Both locations had a few partners which were unable to join and look forward to meeting and connecting with the other participants in the future.
The objective of the meetings was to bring together the various stakeholders in the communities of this research project for their first face to face and begin the process of orientation to the mission of the project and identify how to work together for success. Both meetings were a hit from the initial introductions to sparking new discussions and ideas for collaborations at both sites.
The basic format of these meetings was a one-day multi-hour session at a table getting to know each other's needs and capabilities as well as getting to know: WHAT IS KNEXT?
Topics of the schedule included:
KNEXT project description and Timeline
Responding to questions and concerns:
Why KNEXT?
Answer: To help Small businesses succeed and build competitiveness with access to information and tools at an affordable and sustainable level.
What does KNEXT intend to do?
Answer: See if it is possible to build a Knowledge Extension structure, software, or process (we don't know for sure what will be the outcome as this is research and never been done before). A good analogy is thinking about KNEXT as bringing local data analytics to the communities and businesses through libraries similarly to how the Center for Disease Control has health monitoring or how the Agricultural extension exists to help with access to agricultural information.
This is a project over the next three years will investigate how to best implement into the existing communities repertoires new relationships and technologies that will fill data, information, skill, and connection gaps to bring data analysis to the local businesses and communities. This cannot be done without the partnership with the local community organizations.
Reactions and discussion of the needs and readiness across both sites:
The discussion emerged similar concerns over the way that data is licensed for access.
Answer: The KNEXT team is ready to tackle this challenge and learn from the organizations in attendance that already have figured out shared access to databases. There is interest in using existing data aggregators and building upon open data provided locally, regionally, and nationally. While there are many cases where data may need to be sourced at a managed cost and there likely will be data types that do not have databases available. There are many methods and opportunities to fill in these gaps or make the data more refined and targeted for local needs through community engagement structures.
Some issues raised included concern over where the data would be stored and collected if local data is added to the mix.
Answer: This provides an opportunity to investigate further and explore options of University partnerships of hosting and resource sharing. The KNEXT team is working to identify concerns of sustainability and practical operational needs to address as the design goes forward.
The question of how will this continue after the funding for this project is complete in three years.
Answer: The KNEXT team is well aware that grant funding is not the long-term sustainability plan. The kickoff is a great time to talk about long-term plans and is already part of the longer term discussions for KNEXT. One interest is making the technology developed open source and ensuring the partners have a continuing strategy for their KNEXT technologies and processes.
Language and information literacy are two areas of concern.
Answer: The platforms being developed are targeted to be translatable and usability assessment and accessibility are critical parts of providing a user information system. That said, access to systems alone are not the only way people will engage or be able to understand the content. With KNEXT being part of the library as access centers the opportunity to work with and have trained persons to help in addition to leveraging other potential information displays and communities.
Good news is the library systems have access to various databases and so do the partnering universities. A challenge is that the access is not equal to every site and licenses are sometimes site-specific.
Answer: As noted above licensing is a challenge, but not unable to be overcome with creative thinking on access and organizational design already adopted by institutions.
Both sites had concerns about how this project might conflict with existing business models.
Answer: Yes, this is a risk of perception and literal, but where possible subscribing may be the best choice and learning how to balance paid models with additional information gathering and aggregation poses a strong question of is KNEXT possible. We think it is otherwise we wouldn't be doing it and making open data accessible to the public from public funds just make sense. There are many opportunities to build skills and information access and make communities information accessible to the community for prosperity.
Demo of the possible technological capabilities:
Advanced social media and text analysis interfaces for exploring data.
Multiple other opportunities were highlighted and discussion of tailored reporting interfaces of static common questions given certain criteria.
Addressing the routine and the investigative individual is part of the possible scope. KNEXT intends to start by identifying a few common data needs and focus on getting those right.
Final wrap up and commitment to next steps:
The majority of the attendees agree that they are interested or very interested in continuing the partnership. The KNEXT team is excited to work with pioneering organizations and see how well this concept applies to the pilot sites.
Next Steps in KNEXT :
The next steps for the KNEXT project are in the collection of the current capabilities and the needs of the communities. Understanding the current skills, technology, resources and identifying how different or similar sites are and what investment of training and resources could be feasibly be adopted to enhance the partners with minimal burden of time and effort. Overall the Kickoff meetings have established a strong set of partners which will provide a foundation to the understanding of how small businesses can become, remain, or enhance their competitiveness with access to more local data in formats that are accessible (financially, literally, and timely) through further work with libraries as centers for access to information, knowledge development, and community. By the end of the meeting, there were new relationships being established and new ideas on how to work better together. Ideas and information about what partner offered began and expanded network's understanding of where the new relationship could grow.
The KNEXT team would like to again thank all the attendees for their time and look forward to the discussions with them and their organizations going forward. We are at the tip of the iceberg for this research project and are optimistic given the support and interest demonstrated by those partnering with KNEXT. We look forward to working with our partners over the next few years and will post updates along the way.
For further information on KNEXT contact: knext-research@umd.edu
Upcoming Talks: Emad Khazraee at MIT Media Lab
Protected: 2018-04-16 Discussion Prompt
KNEXT in Data Days Cleveland
Project Support:
This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services LG-71-17-0124-17.
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Special Issue Article - Biomedical Research (2017) Volume 0, Issue 0
Clinical effect study on patients with coronary heart disease complicated with atrial fibrillation after PCI operation
Objective: The study was on the clinical effect of patients with coronary heart disease complicated with atrial fibrillation after PCI operation.
Methods: 60 cases of patients with coronary heart disease complicated with atrial fibrillation treated in our hospital from March 2015 to March 2016 were chosen, who were divided into treatment group and control group with 30 cases each according to different therapeutic method. The treatment of control group was Hua Falin, and treatment group received aspirin, clopidogrel and Hua Falin for treatment. The clinical effect, incidence and recurrence rate of adverse bleeding events of the two groups were compared.
Results: The treatment effect of treatment group was better than the control group, and there was significant difference between two groups (χ2=4.32, P<0.05), which had statistical significance. The incidence of adverse bleeding events of the treatment group was lower than that of the control group, and there was significant difference between two groups (χ2=4.043, P<0.05). The rate of control group with recurrence was higher than the treatment group, and there was significant difference between two groups (χ2=4.043, P<0.05).
Conclusion: Treating the patients with coronary heart disease complicated with atrial fibrillation by aspirin and clopidogrel after PCI can improve the cure rate and reduce the incidence and recurrence rate of adverse bleeding events. It provides more forceful basis for clinical treatment and has great significance on the treatment of patients with heart disease complicated with atrial fibrillation.
Author(s): Yuan HF, Su XW, Xie XF, Zhang BY, Wang NN, PF Liu, Li TC


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University sees 22 percent increase in North Texas Giving Day donations
by Jacqueline Guerrero
UNT's raised $10,866 in 18 hours for the annual North Texas Giving Day Campaign, said Nicole Sprowl director of annual giving at UNT.
UNT raised these funds with the help of the 50 individual donors, citing a nearly 22 percent increase last year's total of $8,907.
North Texas Giving Day is an annual event powered by Communities Foundation of Texas which began in 1953 and is held on the last Thursday during the month of September. The event, primarily online, begins at 6 a.m. on Thursday and ends at midnight, totaling 18 hours.
"The Communities Foundation of North Texas Giving Day is primarily focused on community-based philanthropy with local nonprofit ,"Sprowl said. "We basically use it as an additional avenue for donors to give if they would like to."
Chief Relationships Officer Monica Smith said Communities Foundations of Texas is a community foundation that operates like a hub for philanthropy. The foundation works with about 1,000 other funds.
"Our whole goal is to make giving easy, effective and enjoyable so that we can help to build a thriving community for all citizens of North Texas," Smith said.
Smith said UNT has been a great partner with Communities Foundations of Texas, especially due of the university's participation in North Texas Giving Day.
"We certainly have donors, but we have the support of the university through grants from their donor-advised funds," Smith said. "We were one of the first funders to support the new campus down at UNT Dallas. UNT participates in North Texas Giving Day, so because [Community Foundations of Texas] has a lot of investments related to education, UNT is an important part of that."
Sprowl said UNT is "donor-centered" and that the majority of the donations received this year went towards student support opportunities, scholarships and college resources.
"Donors pick the designation for where they would like their money to go," Sprowl said. "Our job is to ensure it goes to the designation depicted by the donors."
There is no minimum gift amount, and donations of $25 and higher qualify for prizes Donations amounting to $10,000 or more qualify for bonus funds, which refer to an incentive pool that helps donations go further, although it is not a dollar-for-dollar match.
Although Sprowl said Communities Foundations of Texas does a great job of marketing North Texas Giving Day, sociology senior Michelle Bahena said she did not participate in North Texas Giving Day because she had not heard about it.
Bahena said she thinks it is nice that UNT is helping the community and that donors get to choose where their donations go. Bahena said she would like to see donations go toward helping transgender students and mental health resources.
"I think it is a good way for UNT to help the university out for students," Bahena said. "I'm sure there's a ton of students out there with or without some form of financial aid that are still struggling [and] UNT services and [Free Application for Federal Student Aid] could only help so much."
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NASA InSight's mission to Mars successfully launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base early Saturday morning.
The local community is raising funds for the La Cumbre Jr. High School teacher who was injured during a sulfuric acid spill on Monday.
[Update]: The Santa Barbara Sheriff's Office is investigating the stabbings of three male juveniles in Isla Vista on Wednesday evening.
Sun Country Airlines announced it will begin service from Santa Barbara to Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport beginning August 16.
One man suffered minor injuries after his tree-trimming truck crashed into a tree in Goleta on Tuesday afternoon.
[Update]: Two juveniles were arrested and Seven people were injured, including two infants, after five vehicles collided on Highway 101 during a police pursuit Tuesday morning.
On Tuesday morning, Santa Barbara Airport welcomed back Frontier Airlines to offer competitive fares to Denver.
[Update]: The Hazmat Team responded to La Cumbre Jr High School after a sulfuric acid spill sent one teacher to the hospital on Monday morning.
Detectives used DNA-matching information from genealogy websites to find the man they believe is the Golden State Killer.
A three-vehicle accident shut down parts of Highway 101 southbound near Los Carneros on Wednesday afternoon.
[Update]: FBI has announced the man they believe to be the Golden State Killer, also known as the original Night Stalker, is now in custody after more than 40 years. He is believed to be responsible for killing 6 people in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties.
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Public Release: 4-Feb-2019
FSU chemists harness power of light to tackle asymmetrical molecules
IMAGE: FSU researchers used light to turn a left-handed molecule into a right-handed one. view more
Credit: Assistant Professor of Chemistry Ken Hanson
No, molecules do not actually have hands. But scientists refer to them in this way when looking at asymmetric molecules that are mirror images of one another and therefore are not superimposable. Whether a molecule is a "lefty" or "righty" also influences how they behave -- critical information for researchers.
Now a team of Florida State University researchers has found a way to turn a "left-handed" molecule into a "right-handed" one -- a process that could have important implications for drug development.
In the journal Chemical Communications, Assistant Professor Ken Hanson and his team explain how a left-handed molecule could be turned into a right-handed one by way of a light-induced proton transfer.
"This means we wouldn't have to throw half of a chemical solution away when we only want the right-handed molecules," said Hanson.
The lack of understanding of chirality or the property of asymmetry in molecules has had severe consequences in the past.
In the 1950s, a sedative called thalidomide was sold in Europe as a treatment for morning sickness. It was later discovered that while the right-handed molecule for thalidomide was effective, the left-handed one was toxic. Thousands of children of mothers who took the drug were born with severe birth defects.
Because of this and other cases, pharmaceutical companies are hyper focused on the left-hand versus right issue in their drug screening process.
"Since handedness matters in biology, it's very important in drug design and discovery," Hanson said.
In this study, Hanson used an organic compound called BINOL and attached a left-handed amino acid to it. Then, the team shone light directly on the compound.
This altered a 50-50 mixture of left and right-handed BINOL into a predominantly right-handed mixture. The right-handed BINOL can then be used as catalyst to generate a broad range of drugs with a specific handedness.
Hanson said that his research team plans to follow up by refining the process and creating a purer sample.
"This study was just a proof of concept to show that it could be done," Hanson said.
The research effort was driven by FSU graduate student Suliman Ayad with support from postdoctoral researcher Anjan Das and undergraduate Victoria Posey. Professor Jason Montgomery from Florida Southern College also provide computational support by modeling the molecules.
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Wise-Sync has undertaken it's first pricing review since it launched in 2013. With the constant change of the needs of our business, a pricing review was an integral part of the viability of our sync platform for the long term. New pricing is effective for new accounts from the 4th of August, 2018.
2018 certainly shaping up to be quite the year. We've passed our 500th customer, synced over 10,000,000 invoices to cloud accounting, onboarded over 140 Wise-Pay merchants who have processed over $65,000,000 in invoice payments. That's a great result, and continued signs of great things to come. So, why are we talking about changing our pricing?
In recent months, we've added over 15 staff to Wise-Sync, from Consulting and Support to Product Management and Development and what is apparent is that we can't sustain the current needs of the business to support all of our customers needs, from onboarding through the entire life cycle of addressing issues arising in third party applications such as ConnectWise; while charging an average of $115 per month.
With this in mind, we had two options.
2. Invest in the future, and revise our pricing.
We decided for the second option, which requires a significant investment on our part over the next 12 months, together with the need to change the way we charge for Wise-Sync. With our new plans, we're now able to offer a more wholistic approach for use of our platform that recognises the increased costs based on volume and expectations on support where more complex components are used.
To put it simply; Wise-Sync reduces manual effort and increases the efficiency of accounting, reducing the manual effort by many hours per month. We recognise that this efficiency is a factor of the value we bring, and as the volumes increase, so too does the efficiency. Our pricing will reflect this, with more focus on the volumes of the transactions processed, together with the complexity of the software needs.
A company syncing only (100) invoices and expenses will see a reduction in price. Where a partner syncing (200) invoices, procurement and inventory will see an increase in line with the increased complexity of providing the platform.
Records synced will now only count Invoices (and recurring errors).
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Although Japanese hasn't won, I decided to make my own learning month (or more, let's see ).
Daniel, your course looks impressive!
Two weeks ago, I decided to buy a Japanese course (I had to use a coupon). I decided to go for Japanisch im Sauseschritt (a German adaption of Japanese for busy people, the standard edtion with also uses Romaji...), because it was recommended, I could have a look at it (unlike other courses) and I needed to use this coupon after all.
But how do I start, what more do I need? Rounin recommended the book Kanji ABC and Lyle once recommended Kodansha's Furigana Japanese Dictionary. Expug mentioned Kana and Kanji Pict-O-Graphix.
I already have two books about the Sino-Japanese characters (Nicht überall schreibt man mit ABC and Gemalte Wörter, the latter actually only for Chinese).
I like Manga University's Kana de Manga a lot. It introduces both hiragana and katakana in what I find to be an innovative fashion. Each syllable (ko, for example) is introduced simultaneously in its hiragana and katakana forms, one on the left-hand page and the other on the right-hand page. The syllable is introduced with a common Japanese word that also has cultural significance and a picture drawn in manga-style. It's easy to learn to recognize the forms with this book, but for writing practice and a more thorough explanation of how dakuten changes the sounds, I like Easy Kana Workbook by Rita Lampkin.
Thanks! For now, I'll try my luck with Kana Pict-O-Graphix, but Kana de Manga sounds really nice, too! I'll see.
You don't know "(Mangajin's) Basic Japanese Through Comics", do you? I read the reviews at Amazon, but just like with most English-language courses, I can't have a look at them since even the big bookstores I know don't have them.
I actually held that very book in my hands last Saturday at a bookstore near where I live. I didn't have much time to look at it – or the other books I had collected - just 30 minutes before a movie started. Anyway, my initial impression was that it's a good resource for both cultural insights and learning colloquial Japanese, but it's not really a study guide for the Japanese beginner. On the other hand, the cultural points are good for a novice, even one who is not too interested in manga. I also had a look at Japanese in Mangaland. The principle is basically the same, using manga images to illustrate language points. If I remember correctly, the language explained seemed more basic. Hopefully I can return to the bookstore this week-end and make a final decision about Japanese books I'll purchase. I can post my findings if you like.
dannysunshine wrote: I actually held that very book in my hands last Saturday at a bookstore near where I live. I didn't have much time to look at it – or the other books I had collected - just 30 minutes before a movie started. Anyway, my initial impression was that it's a good resource for both cultural insights and learning colloquial Japanese, but it's not really a study guide for the Japanese beginner.
So the reviews seem to be quite accurate. I didn't expect it to be a study guide for the beginner, but to be useful once you know at least some Japanese, would you agree with that?
I also had a look at Japanese in Mangaland. The principle is basically the same, using manga images to illustrate language points. If I remember correctly, the language explained seemed more basic. Hopefully I can return to the bookstore this week-end and make a final decision about Japanese books I'll purchase. I can post my findings if you like.
Yes, please post your findings!
Yes, I definately agree that "Mangajin's) Basic Japanese Through Comics" works well as a supplement after a student has reached an advanced beginner stage. What struck me about the book was how unusual some of the words were -- you might never need them in a conversation, but they would be helpful if you were to read material written for native speakers, or even if you just wanted to get a better insight into Japanese culture.
Thanks for the link to "Japanese in Mangaland." It seems like the words are indeed more 'practical' than in the other text, but you're right that it goes fairly fast.
The first thing I noticed is its size, it fits easily into every pocket. Then, you have all the Hiragana (the Katana are located at the end). After an introduction, they start teaching both. The Hiragana at the top, the Katakana at the bottom, different colours (grey and black) making clear which is which, too. At first, you'll see, before they are taught, an overview of what you'll be taught. On the pages itself, you have the Romaji at first, followed by an English sentence using the sound which links it to the character and the picture which looks similar to it. So for A, you have "Ah! I see the letter "A."" for the Hiragana in a box, then the Hiragana with a picture which looks similar to the Hiragana and has a bold A in it. After that, it's the same for the Katakana, just a different picture is used. The sentences usually differ, though. The book also covers voiced and unvoiced sounds, doublers, combined forms and look-alikes.
It doesn't teach stroke-order, but using the double method of text and picture helping you, I think it could work. I know the text method worked for me. The problem I have with it and which is that it's aimed at American English native speakers, so I simply pronounce some sounds differently (I speak British English), the sounds of the language taught seem sometimes too way off (I had this feeling when testing this method elsewhere), or it may happen that I don't know a word they use for imagination. This, however, shouldn't be a problem for you, obviously. So yes, it looks really, really nice and because of its size, you can take it everywhere and have a look at it.
"Japanese in Mangaland": My overall impression is that it is clearly written and easy to understand, even without recourse to a teacher. No understanding of grammar terms is assumed, so all terms are defined. The images and text are laid out well so that you can easily read explanations. This is not always the case for all books of this sort; I found that Mangajin's text had a lot of good information, but the text and images were printed pretty close together, making it harder to read. "Japanese in Mangaland" does move rapidly, but I found it strangely lacking in depth.
Lesson 7, for example, deals with the various first and second person pronouns, which apparently change according to age, gender, and interlocutor. The author does a good job of explaining grammar terms for novices, so he defines the term personal pronouns using, amazingly, jo from Catalan as an example. After the explanations, you get a series of manga pictures that illustrate the concept, with text ranging from one word to a mini-dialogue. Below or to the side of the illustration, you get a hiragana translation (if the text is in Kanji), a romanization, a literal word-for-word translation that follows the Japanese word order, and a more colloquial English translation. There are usually a few exercises for you to do as consolidation of your knowledge.
I thought it was beautifully organized and very easy to follow. It contains some nuances of language use which seem to be missing from "Japanese for Busy People" -- such as the use (or elimination) of personal pronouns in Japanese. That said, at US$24 it remains on my list as a possibility only if I have enough money at some point and need to extra practice.
"Japanese the Manga Way": I read that this book is associated with the Mangajin group -- the author was connected as a review consultant for the magazine maybe. Its format is similar to both "Japanese in Mangaland" and "Mangajin's Basic Japanese through Comics." Select topics of Japanese grammar is explained and illustrated by a frame or panel of manga. Like the other books, under or beside the picture you have the knaji/kana text of the dialogue, a literal translation into English but with the same word order as Japanese, a translation into more colloquial English, and sometimes another translation based on politeness register.
"Japanese the Manga Way" focuses on more basic topics than what I find to be the more specialized "Mangajin's Basic Japanese through Comics." Some topics include: voiced/unvoiced pairs, three basic sentence types, sentence particles, desu and masu…If I remember correctly, there are no follow up exercises like in "Japanese in Mangaland" and the text is smaller print and looks a little "crowded," but I think it gives much more information and would make a solid reference / companion to another textbook (like "Japanese for Busy People." It's US$ 24.95 and is on my "to buy" list. I would recommend this book before "Mangajin's Basic Japanese through Comics," though that text is a nice follow-up to "Japanese the Manga Way."
Most of the other books I saw were either workbooks for kana / kanji or survival phrase type things. I did discover that Japanese for Busy People does have CDs (which I'm sure everyone else already knew!), but I'd have to order them and I'm not sure how I feel about the textbook. In the introduction, the authors say that the book contains adult language and that "the simplistic and childish ways of expression found in most beginning texts do not occur" (page eight). But it does seem a little simplistic to me -- and geared to a business person. Car, what do you think?
I'm still a little lost on how to begin. I'm working on the kana, but I don't have any audio.
Thank you very much for your detailed comments on the books!
dannysunshine wrote: I did discover that Japanese for Busy People does have CDs (which I'm sure everyone else already knew!), but I'd have to order them and I'm not sure how I feel about the textbook.
Well, I did, but I already had to send them back because of scratches... My impression of the German version was that they couldn't have selected a worse speaker, he speaks extremely slowly and with a very monotonious voice, making listening to the CDs quite hard. What they do have is several different speakers, I think they claim to have 20. That certainly is nice and the CDs are clearly structured. I couldn't hear much of it (I only ckecked them), but this speaker really disturbed me. I prefer CDs where you hear no other language than the one being taught.
In the introduction, the authors say that the book contains adult language and that "the simplistic and childish ways of expression found in most beginning texts do not occur" (page eight). But it does seem a little simplistic to me -- and geared to a business person. Car, what do you think?
Yes, it definitely is geared to a business person, but even those I'm not one, I don't think that's bad after all. Many of those words are important and there are so many courses for the average person teaching words you'll never need. There's also enough for non-business persons. They try to teach the Japanese foreigners need most, so it's no surprise business plays a huge role there.
Hmm, yes, I just browsed through the lessons and even in later lessons, you'll find the typical language book sentences and contents.
Since I don't have any audio again, I started to read the instruction about the language, scripts, and the pronunciation. Then, I went back to the Kana charts to see the stroke order (actually not big enough, you'll need to look closely) and together with Kana Pict-O-Graphix, I worked on the vowels today, writing them several times. I think after writing each of them 12 times (both scripts), I already know them quite well, I can more or less draw them without looking at them or the stroke order. So I can recommend the Pict-O-Graphix book. Since I'll have to wait for the audio, I'll continue with the Kana and hope to know them well before starting with the lessons.
I'm practicing my stroke order too for now. Thank you for your thoughts on 'Japanese for Busy People.' I think you're right about the language taught in the book. 'Regular', i.e., non-business, people will find useful information.
Oh, those TY CDs where Americans complain about the British English, that really seems to disturb people (which I can understand, a pronunciation based on American English can something disturb me, when used to represent the sounds in writing). Well, "Amerikanisch" is often used when translating a book ("Aus dem Amerikanischen"), but usually that's just called "amerikanisches Englisch", if you need to distinguish the English. I always found this "Amerikansich" to be weird.
What helped me, too, was saying or even singing the syllable while practicing the stroke order, so that the connection between the two becomes even stronger.
Good luck for you, too!
I have a question and I hope someone can answer it.
It's about the english word 'but'. In my book, 3 translations are given (が けれど and けど) with が being the most formal and けど the most casual version.
However, at an earlier stage, I learned the word でも for 'but'. How does this word fit in with the other three?
After the CDs arrived on Monday, I started studying yesterday, but how do you learn the words? My vocabulary program can display Kana, but the input field is too small for me to see them.
I've been studying Japanese for about two years now and thought I'd give my thoughts on books since that's what everyone seems to be discussing here. In the early stages of my learning I used my textbooks for class (the Nakama series) in conjunction with a few other books I picked up online. I found the Nakama series to be fairly effective, but I wouldn't really recommend it unless you are using it for a class since is kind of expensive. I was lucky enough to get the second volume for free.
One of the mainstays in my library was and still is the Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary by Jack Halpern. This book was an invaluable resource when it came to learning kanji. I decided after about three months of study that I was going to make a serious, concerted effort to learn all of the Joyo kanji, and this books is what I used to accomplish that goal in about a year's time.
Two more books I highly recommend are A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar and A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar. These two are the absolute best resources (in English) that I have seen for Japanese grammar. However, they can be hard to find in the states, and are kind of pricey if you buy them here. I ordered mine from a Japanese company and had some one in Japan ship them to me. Doing that saved me at least $20 on each book.
I've never used any of the books discussed by previous poster, so I can't comment on the quality of them. In looking for books, I avoided anything using romaji like the plague, and stayed far away from anything with the word "manga" in the title. My course of study was more geared towards grammar, characters, and vocabulary. After two years of that, I've gotten to where I can get the gist of articles in the newspaper without the aid of a dictionary.
Now that I think about it, I do have the Kodansha Furigana Japanese Dictionary. It's not a bad dictionary, and works for when you are starting out. However, nothing is quite like having a nice electronic dictionary at your side. While not a cheap investment, if you are serious about studying Japanese over a long period of time, getting an electronic dictionary is a worthwhile long-term investment. It will serve you well, and last a long time.
BobMaster0 wrote: I've been studying Japanese for about two years now and thought I'd give my thoughts on books since that's what everyone seems to be discussing here.
In looking for books, I avoided anything using romaji like the plague, and stayed far away from anything with the word "manga" in the title.
Is Romaji really that bad? It's getting on my nerves that such much is in Romaji only, but I really manage not to look at the Romaji before having read the Kana, I think it helps me to check whether I got it right and am noticing progress in reading (which could be clearly better if everything were in Kana, too, obviously).
Now that I think about it, I do have the Kodansha Furigana Japanese Dictionary. It's not a bad dictionary, and works for when you are starting out.
What's better then? I usually don't use my printed dictionaries much, but like to have one just in case.
However, nothing is quite like having a nice electronic dictionary at your side. While not a cheap investment, if you are serious about studying Japanese over a long period of time, getting an electronic dictionary is a worthwhile long-term investment. It will serve you well, and last a long time.
Which one(s) can you recommend? What about the available online dictionaries?
Is Romaji really that bad?
While I don't have a good argument to support it at the moment, I feel like using a text with romaji is just not worth it. Real Japanese texts are not going to have romaji, so why should my study materials. That's another reason I learned so many kanji so soon. I got tired of seeing things I couldn't read.
This is the only one I ever bought (aside from kanji dictionaries) so I don't know. I've used mostly online and electronic dictionaries.
The electronic dictionary I use is the SHARP PW-9300. I bought it about 6 months ago from amazon.co.jp. I checked the price online just now and it was listed at ¥12,980, which I think is a good deal.
As for online dictionaries, the one I use more than any other is http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/. The interface is in Japanese, so that might make it difficult to use at first. This was introduced to me originally by my girlfriend, who is Japanese. The only other dictionary I've ever used is Jim Breen's dictionary. It's good and highly regarded by most people I've talked to. You can check it out here: http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/wwwjdic.html. I'm sure there are other good resources out there, I just haven't found them or looked for them yet.
I'll try to be more active on the Japanese board now that classes have started again. Is Daniel still around and is he still working on the Japanese course he started?
This is an interesting topic, and I have been studying Japanese (seriously!) for a few weeks; I thought I might give my opinion too.
I definitely second BobMaster0 here. What is the use of having to bother with romaji when you will not be confronted to it when using the language? I have been studying Chinese for years (now I speak it fluently), and the romanisation system (called pinyin) is definitely necessary as this is not a phonetic writing system; that means that when you don't know a word, you don't know how it is pronounced and you need to know its pinyin. This is why Chinese scholars use it when they learn how to write their own language.
BobMaster0 wrote: As for online dictionaries, the one I use more than any other is http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/. The interface is in Japanese, so that might make it difficult to use at first. This was introduced to me originally by my girlfriend, who is Japanese. The only other dictionary I've ever used is Jim Breen's dictionary. It's good and highly regarded by most people I've talked to. You can check it out here: http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/wwwjdic.html. I'm sure there are other good resources out there, I just haven't found them or looked for them yet.
Probably a little off topic, to BobMaster0: http://dic.naver.com/ is a good Korean dictionary website which features along with Korean-English, Korean-Japanese, Korean-Chinese, and even Hanja dictionaries for Korean.
BobMaster0 wrote: While I don't have a good argument to support it at the moment, I feel like using a text with romaji is just not worth it. Real Japanese texts are not going to have romaji, so why should my study materials.
I'll have to make the best out of it, then. Fortunately, after this volume, they don't use Romaji anymore, so I'll live with it until then. It helps me to identify the words (I can read them, at least with the help of a book), but they actually have vocabulary lists, so that's no real point, either, the only one is that I can control myself, but I definitely could improve more if they actually used at least the Kana everywhere.
Thanks for the recommendations, I'll check the links later. I knew the two dictionaries, but had no idea if they're good, there are, after all, many dictionaries out there which may look good at first sight, but aren't in reality.


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Lancashire schools prepare for future where kids are kept at home
With government guidelines looking at partially reopening primary schools from June 1, a number of schools in Lancashire are asking parents what their plans are as they handle what critics have said could be a logistical nightmare
Stock image of a pupil in school (Image: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)
With primary schools across Lancashire preparing for a partial reopening in June, some have taken the individual steps steps to give parents a deadline on whether their children will be staying at home or returning to education.
Schools in Accrington and Blackpool have given parents ultimatums, asking for them to inform leadership of their intentions in regards to sending their children back to education.
It comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson informed the British public that primary schools could partially reopen from June 1 as part of his road-map to recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
Under Government plans, Reception, Year One and Year Six would return to schools from next month.
St Nicholas CE Primary School in Church, near Accrington, has given parents until this coming Monday (May 18) for a 'firm yes or no' on whether their children are returning in June.
In a letter to parents, headteacher Victoria Axon has set out how social distancing will be maintained on school premises, which includes a one-way system outside and designated entrances and exits.
Stationary will also not be shared, large outdoor play equipment will be out of bounds, pupils are required to come to school in 'clean/fresh' uniform every day, and class sizes will be kept to a maximum of 10 pupils.
And if one of the pupils in each group displays symptoms, the whole group would be asked to self-isolate for 14 days.
St Nicholas CE Primary School in Church, near Accrington (Image: Street View)
In the letter, dated Thursday, May 14, Mrs Axon conceded that it will 'not always be feasible' to carry out social distancing.
She said: "We will endeavour to fulfil social distancing with two metres between all individuals; though as you will appreciate this is not always feasible in a school setting.
"Children rush over to you to show you something, they want a hug form their friends and from their teacher.
"If there was an accident you would want your child to be reassured and first aid to be administered - and all of this cannot be done at a two metre distance."
LancsLive understands that this is not an absolute decision and that parents can 'definitely change their minds'.
It is also understood that such ultimatums are being issued to gain indicative numbers to help with planning for things like social distancing in the classroom, school meals and transport, as well as staff numbers if class sizes have to be reduced.
At Kincraig Primary School and Children's Centre in Bispham, Blackpool, headteacher Karen Appleby is gauging opinion from parents to see how many children might be returning to school from June 8, rather than the Government's initial June 1 date.
In a message to parents on Tuesday (May 12), she said: "The guidance still focuses on 'stay safe and stay home'.
"In this respect nothing has changed and we will not be reopening until we can be confident that we have all of the appropriate measures in place to reduce the risk as much as possible to our children, staff and parents.
"I know that this is a worrying time for all families and that there will be apprehension on your part about your child returning to school."
Kincraig Primary School and Children's Centre in Bispham, Blackpool (Image: Street View)
Following a consultation with parents via social media, Mrs Appleby said: "I have to say this is the hardest challenge I've ever had so far in my time as Headteacher. The decisions and implications are unprecedented.
"Your children are my children when they come to Kincraig and I care about everyone of them. My biggest dilemma is My heart ruling my head.
"I will reflect on your comments over the next few days with my senior leadership team."
One Preston primary school has taken the approach to explain to parents how and when returning pupils will be educated, with children returning on a part-time basis in reduced numbers.
Grange Primary School in Ribbleton has told parents that children will either attend five mornings at school or five afternoons every other week.
It has said pupils will not spend full days in education in order to maintain social distancing and reduce spreading coronavirus, keeping class sizes per year group to a maximum of eight.
And pupils remaining at home will continue to be supported through a 'refreshed home learning offer' from June 1.
Grange Primary School in Preston (Image: Street View)
A school spokesperson said: "We will continue to carefully plan and prepare for a reopening whilst continuing to monitor the local rate of infection to ensure we are satisfied that it is safe to open the school to a wider number of pupils."
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Q: Can I get the instance in a method using Guice? I just started using Guice so my understanding could be completely wrong.
I have an interface Foo and an implmentation FooImp
I have used the following code in my module to inject it:
bind(Foo.class).annotatedWith("Foo").toInstance(foo);  // foo is an instance of FooImp

Then I guess now in my code wherever a Foo instance with a name annotation of "Foo" will be replaced by foo?
@Named("Foo")
Foo fooInst;   // fooInst will be foo at runtime?

If I'm right, how can I achieve this:
public Foo doSomething() {  // for some reason there must be no arguments
    @Named("Foo")
    Foo fooInst;   // injecting here seems not allowed...?
    fooInst.do();
}

A: What you are assuming is not completely right: Guice is used for dependency injection, which means that you can inject some interface/class into the constructor of another class.
Lets say you have an interface Foo and it's implementation FooImpl. Then you also have a class Bar which depends on an implementation of Foo.
public class Bar {

    private Foo foo;

    @Inject
    public Bar(@Named("foo") Foo foo) {
        this.foo = foo;
    }

    //some other methods
}

In your Guice-module you have to write
bind(Foo.class).annotatedWith(Names.named("Foo")).toInstance(foo);
//let's say this is part of the module MyModule extends AbstractModule

Once you set this up, you can make a main-method where you create an object by using Guice's Injector-class. Like so:
Injector injector = Guice.createInjector(new MyModule());
Bar bar = injector.getInstance(Bar.class);
//do something with bar

Hope this helped you with it. If you have more questions, feel free to ask me!
Hint: check the website of Guice, watch the video overthere and read the wiki carefully. Guice is a really great tool, but you need to do some study before you use it.
Good luck!

Addition: In my opinion using @Named is a bad codestyle. You can better define your own annotations. For example:
@BindingAnnotation
@Target({ FIELD, PARAMETER, METHOD })
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface FooAnnotation {
}

Then replace @Named("foo") by @FooAnnotation in the Bar class and replace Names.named("Foo") by FooAnnotation.class in your module.

A: Unfortunatelly you cannot place annotations on local variables. This limitation comes from Java and not from Guice. According to this answer there is hope that we get this feature in future Java versions.
But please note that even if this would work it wouldn't be a good practice. The idea of dependency injection is the ability to change dependencies from outside of a class. A local variable does not fit into this because it cannot be changed from outside the class.

A: The other answers are correct--you can only inject into the constructor, or into a field. It's standard practice to keep the instances as fields, which also allows you to swap in your own implementations for testing.
If you need to produce a new instance every time a method is called, you can use a Provider. For any given binding for Foo (or @Baz Foo), Provider<Foo> (or @Baz Provider<Foo>) is bound automatically without any extra code needed.
public class Bar {
  private Provider<Foo> fooProvider;

  @Inject
  public Bar(@Named("foo") Provider<Foo> fooProvider) {
    this.fooProvider = fooProvider;
  }

  public doSomething() {
    Foo foo = fooProvider.get();
  }
}

Of course, the way you have it with bind(...).toInstance(...), it will always be the same instance anyway, but should you need a new instance for every run of a method this is your best choice.

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South Carolina's Wilson Headlines List of Top College Prospects to Attend WNBA Draft 2018 Presented by State Farm
Official Release April 5, 2018
NEW YORK, April 5, 2018 – South Carolina forward A'ja Wilson, the winner of every major 2018 national player of the year award issued thus far, headlines a list of 10 prospects who will attend WNBA Draft 2018 presented by State Farm on Thursday, April 12 at the Nike New York Headquarters. ESPN2 will air the first round at 7 p.m. ET, followed by coverage of the second and third rounds on ESPNU at 8 p.m. ET. The draft will also stream live on the ESPN app.
The other prospects who will be in attendance are guards Lexie Brown (Duke), Jordin Canada (UCLA), Diamond DeShields (Cukurova), Kelsey Mitchell (Ohio State), Kia Nurse (Connecticut) and Victoria Vivians (Mississippi State); and forwards Monique Billings (UCLA), Azurá Stevens (Connecticut) and Gabby Williams (Connecticut).
Nike New York Headquarters, which boasts an interactive and experiential atmosphere, is hosting the draft for the first time. The 150,000-square-foot venue, which opened last June, features a 4,000-square-foot indoor basketball court that will serve as the broadcast hub for the draft. The event is not open to the public.
The Las Vegas Aces (formerly the San Antonio Stars) hold the No. 1 overall pick after winning the WNBA Draft Lottery presented by State Farm in November. The Indiana Fever will select second, followed by two selections for the Chicago Sky – the No. 3 pick, acquired in a trade with the Atlanta Dream last season, and its own pick at No. 4.
Here is a closer look at the prospects who will be attending WNBA Draft 2018 presented by State Farm.
A'ja Wilson, South Carolina: Wilson is the first three-time SEC Player of the Year as well as a two-time SEC Defensive Player of the Year. A national champion in 2017, Wilson was a four-time All-America selection, a four-time All-SEC First Team selection, The 2018 Associated Press National Player of the Year, the 2018 Naismith College Player of the Year, the 2018 Wade Trophy winner as the NCAA Division I Player of the Year and the 2018 Lisa Leslie Award winner as the nation's best center. She also finished her career as South Carolina's all-time points leader (2,389).
Lexie Brown, Duke: Brown was named an All-America Third Team selection in 2016-17 and 2017-18 at Duke and in 2014-15 at Maryland, becoming the first player in NCAA history to earn the honor at two schools. In each of the last two seasons, she was a finalist for the Lieberman Award as the nation's top point guard and the winner of the Kay Yow Award as ACC women basketball's top scholar-athlete.
Jordin Canada, UCLA: Canada became the first woman in Pac-12 history to record 1,800 points and 700 assists, joining Oregon State's Gary Payton (2,172 points, 938 assists) as the only two players in league history – male or female – to accomplish the feat. She is the Pac-12's all-time assists leader after breaking Sonja Henning's 27-year-old mark. Canada, the Pac-12 Defensive Player of Year as a junior and senior, ranks third in Pac-12 history for career steals. She also was named an All-America Third Team selection in 2017-18.
Diamond DeShields, Cukurova: DeShields spent one season at North Carolina earning National Freshman of the Year honors before transferring to Tennessee. After playing two seasons with the Lady Vols, she renounced her remaining season of college eligibility last June to play professionally with Turkey's Cukurova. In 2016-17, DeShields was an All-SEC First Team selection after averaging 17.3 points, the most at Tennessee since Candace Parker in 2007-08.
Kelsey Mitchell, Ohio State: Mitchell became the first four-time women's All-American in school history. She also finished her career with 3,402 points, which is second on the NCAA's all-time list, and set the NCAA record for made three-pointers (497). Mitchell was named the Big Ten Player of the Year in each of the last three seasons. As a senior, she won the Dawn Staley Award as the nation's best guard.
Kia Nurse, Connecticut: Nurse was a four-year starter and key member of UConn's national championships in 2015 and 2016. She helped the Huskies to the Final Four all four years. A member of the Canadian National Team since 2013, she played in the 2016 Summer Olympics. Nurse was a three-time All-American Athletic Conference selection and the conference's Freshman of the Year in 2015.
Victoria Vivians, Mississippi State: A four-time All-America selection, Vivians led the Bulldogs to the NCAA national championship game as a junior and senior. She ranks second in school history in career points (2,383) behind LaToya Thomas, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2003 WNBA Draft. Vivians led the Bulldogs in scoring each year and leaves as the points leader among active SEC players. She was the winner of the inaugural Ann Meyers Drysdale Award as the nation's top shooting guard in 2018.
Monique Billings, UCLA: Billings became the third woman in UCLA history to record 1,500 points and 1,000 rebounds. She is the Bruins' all-time leader in blocks (228) and ranks third in rebounds (1,159). Billings was named to the All-Pac-12 Team and Pac-12 All-Defensive Team as a junior and senior.
Azurá Stevens, Connecticut: Stevens spent two seasons at Duke before transferring to Connecticut. After sitting out the 2016-17 season and playing this season with the Huskies, she renounced her remaining season of college eligibility to enter the WNBA Draft. An All-ACC First Team selection as a sophomore and a Second Team pick as a freshman, Stevens averaged 16.2 points and 8.8 rebounds and shot 52.3 percent from the field in 58 games during her two years at Duke. This season, she helped UConn to its 11th straight Final Four appearance.
Gabby Williams, Connecticut: Like Nurse, Williams was a valuable contributor to the Huskies' national championships in 2015 and 2016. As a senior, she won the Cheryl Miller Award as the nation's best small forward, earned All-America Second Team and All-AAC First Team honors, and was a semifinalist for the Wooden and Naismith awards as the nation's top player.
The WNBA App and WNBA.com will provide complete draft-day coverage and serve as the digital destination for fans who want to track the top prospects leading up to the draft.
The draft falls on the same day that single-game tickets go on sale for many teams for the 2018 season, which tips off on Friday, May 18. For ticket information, fans can visit wnba.com/tickets or team websites.
Below are the players invited to attend WNBA Draft 2018 presented by State Farm.
Name School/Previous Team Position Height
Monique Billings UCLA Forward 6-4
Lexie Brown Duke Guard 5-9
Jordin Canada UCLA Guard 5-6
Diamond DeShields Cukurova (Turkey) Guard 6-1
Kelsey Mitchell Ohio State Guard 6-1
Kia Nurse Connecticut Guard 6-0
Azurá Stevens Connecticut Forward 6-6
Victoria Vivians Mississippi State Guard 6-1
Gabby Williams Connecticut Forward 5-11
A'ja Wilson South Carolina Forward 6-5
Below is the current order for WNBA Draft 2018 presented by State Farm.
WNBA DRAFT 2018 ORDER OF SELECTION
Las Vegas (8-26)
Indiana (9-25)
Chicago from Atlanta (12-22) (McGee-Stafford, Young, Hooper, 8/31/17)
Chicago (12-22)
Seattle (15-19)
Dallas (16-18)
Washington (18-16)
Indiana from Phoenix (18-16) (B. January, 3/6/18)
Connecticut (21-13)
New York (22-12)
Los Angeles (26-8)
Phoenix from Minnesota (27-7) (Robinson, 3/6/18)
Connecticut from Atlanta (12-22) (Hooper, 6/8/17)
Atlanta from Chicago (12-22) (McGee-Stafford, Young, Hooper, 8/31/17)
Minnesota from Seattle (15-19) (Howard, 2/7/18)
Phoenix (18-16)
Phoenix from Connecticut (21-13) (George, 2/1/18)
Minnesota (27-7)
Phoenix from Indiana (9-25) via Las Vegas (Bone, 2/2/18) (Gwathmey, 5/9/17)
Atlanta (12-22)
Las Vegas from Phoenix (18-16) (Currie, Brunner, Murphy, 6/28/17)
About State Farm®
The mission of State Farm is to help people manage the risks of everyday life, recover from the unexpected, and realize their dreams. State Farm and its affiliates are the largest providers of auto and home insurance in the United States. Its nearly 19,000 agents and nearly 70,000 employees serve more than 84 million policies and accounts – more than 81 million auto, fire, life, health and commercial policies, and more than 2 million bank accounts. Commercial auto insurance, along with coverage for renters, business owners, boats and motorcycles, is available. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company is the parent of the State Farm family of companies. State Farm is ranked No. 33 on the 2017 Fortune 500 list of largest companies. For more information, please visit http://www.statefarm.com.
About the WNBA
The WNBA – which features 12 teams and is the most successful women's professional team sports league in the world – is a unique global sports property combining competition, sportsmanship, and entertainment value with its status as an icon for social change, achievement and diversity. Through WNBA Cares, the WNBA is deeply committed to creating programs that promote a healthy lifestyle, support youth and family development and inspire and empower women. For more information, visit to www.wnba.com.
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