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Public engagement at Utrecht University
How to engage: practicalities
What is public engagement
Finding an audience
Children and science
Public lectures and debates
Festivals and other podia
Stories of Engagement
Finding your audience
Public engagement: a practical guide. A five-step approach to public engagement by the NHS National Institute for Health Research and Sense about Science. This is a practical guide for researchers on involving the public in working out how to communicate findings - from the earliest stages of projects, and on the most challenging of subjects. Starting point is medical research, but the steps are applicable to any research subject.
Target audience: deepening your understanding (pdf). Some useful tips on how to deepen your understanding of the audience you wish to engage with. By the British National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement.
How to evaluate public engagement projects and programmes (pdf). A brief guidance by the British National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement, mentioning possible outcomes and ways of gathering evidence.
Evaluation: Practical Guidelines. A guide for evaluating public engagement activities (pdf), 2011. By UK Research and Innovation.


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Franska öppna 2018 var en Grand Slam-turnering i tennis som spelades mellan den 27 maj och den 10 juni på Stade Roland Garros i Paris. Turneringen var den 117:e i ordningen. I tävlingen deltog seniorspelare i singel, dubbel och mixed dubbel samt juniorer och rullstolsburna i singel och dubbel.

Segrare

Seniorer

Herrsingel
  Rafael Nadal

Damsingel
  Simona Halep

Herrdubbel
  Pierre-Hugues Herbert /  Nicolas Mahut

Damdubbel
  Barbora Krejčíková /  Kateřina Siniaková

Mixed dubbel
  Latisha Chan /  Ivan Dodig

Juniorer

Pojksingel
  Tseng Chun-hsin

Flicksingel
  Cori Gauff

Pojkdubbel
  Ondřej Štyler /  Naoki Tajima

Flickdubbel
  Caty McNally /  Iga Świątek

Rullstolsburna

Herrsingel
  Shingo Kunieda

Damsingel
  Yui Kamiji

Herrdubbel
  Stéphane Houdet /  Nicolas Peifer

Damdubbel
  Diede de Groot /  Aniek van Koot

Se även
 Franska öppna 2014

Referenser
  Roland Garros, matcher och resultat

Externa länkar

 Roland Garros hemsida

Franska öppna 2018

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Q: use word within span make class Hi I'm trying to add a class to to the project based on the first tag the project has.
So far this works:
$('.project_footer').ready(function() {
$('.project').addClass( $('.tag a').text());
});

However is finding every tag in every project_footer in the document and applying it as a class to every project. I just want the first one and apply it to that individual project.
Any advice?
EDIT:

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A: I think we might need to see more of the HTML to see whats going on but possibly something in the lines of this $('.project:first-child').addClass($('.tag a:first-child').text()); is what you are looking for.

A: not sure why you are selecting .page_footer? ready will fire after all the DOM elements has been loaded, and your code should probably look like this
$(function() { $('.project').addClass( $('.tag a').text()); });

A: You need to use both parent and each jQuery functions, like this:
$(function(){
  $('.project_footer').each(function() {
      $(this).parents('.project').addClass($(this).find('.tags a').text().toLowerCase());
  });
});

I just created a jsFiddle to show it working :) http://jsfiddle.net/MA9CV/1
EDIT
If you have more than one tag, change find('.tags a') to find('.tags:first-child a') like shown in this jsFiddle http://jsfiddle.net/MA9CV/2/

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Description: 499 page true story of 78 days in 1978 when three men sat on the throne of St Peter- Popes Paul vi, John Paul I, and John Paul II .Gift inscription to end page.
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A little over four months from today, the world will get to see the movie adaptation of the first installment to Cassandra Clare's action-packed and romance-filled series, The Mortal Instruments. And just a few days ago, the second trailer has been released. Yay!
So, what do you think of the trailer?


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Russia's Dirty Oil Crisis Is Worse Than Almost Anyone Predicted
May 24, 2019 EnergyNow Media
May 24, 2019 by Javier Blas
For almost four weeks, the tanker Mendeleev Prospect has been anchored idly off the Polish port of Gdansk unable to discharge a $50 million cargo of crude oil.
After any normal voyage the tanker would quickly deliver its 700,000 barrels of Russian crude into a refinery for processing into gasoline, diesel and other petroleum products. But the Mendeleev Prospect is in limbo, the victim of Russia's unprecedented contaminated crude crisis that's been spreading chaos though the European oil market for a month.
The length and scope of the crisis has given it a political dimension. On Thursday, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki decided to get personally involved in finding a solution, but said talks were "very difficult, very tough."
Back in April, unusually high levels of the chemicals known as organic chlorides were discovered in the the Russian crude flowing through the giant Druzhba pipeline, built in the 1960s to carry crude from the U.S.S.R. to allied countries in Eastern Europe. The chlorides can severely damage oil refineries and on April 24 Russia's state pipeline operator, Transneft PJSC, halted shipments. Moscow pledged to resolve the issue right away; four weeks later, the flow of Russian oil into Europe is little more than a trickle.
Druzhba usually supplies up to 1.5 million barrels a day of Russia's benchmark Urals blend into central Europe — more than the total production of OPEC member Libya. The crude goes directly to refineries through two separate pipeline spurs and via tankers from the Ust-Luga export terminal in the Baltic.
Despite repeated pledges from Russian authorities to resume shipments in days, the crisis is proving bigger, longer and costlier than almost anyone expected and a solution could still be weeks away.
In Germany, one of the continent's biggest refineries — the Leuna plant owned by French oil giant Total SA — has shut down. Poland has been forced to tap the emergency petroleum reserves. And as far west as Rotterdam, Europe's petroleum hub, some refineries have been forced to run at lower rates.
The technical challenge of handling millions of barrels of tainted crude has been compounded by fights over who will pay the cost of the crisis. An emergency summit in Warsaw on Thursday made some progress, but didn't nail down a solution.
"So far the resumption of flows along Druzhba has been progressing very slowly," Vienna-based consultant JBC Energy GmbH told clients. "Negotiations and payment arrangements here could well take some time, delaying the full resumption of flows."
Then there's mystery of what's happening to Russia's crude oil while Druzhba is shut. According to official data, output has barely dropped over the last four weeks, falling from 11.23 million barrels a day in April to 11.15 million barrels a day so far in May. But the country is shipping roughly one million barrels a day less than normal, about a tenth of its output.
That's led oil traders to puzzle on how Russia's been able to maintain production, asking whether Russia has the millions of barrels of empty storage needed to hoard the crude that hasn't flowed through Druzhba for four weeks.
Spokesmen for Transneft and Rosneft declined to comment.
As the weeks pass, the price tag soars. Speaking privately, more than a dozen oil traders and refining executives in London, Geneva and Moscow said the cost may reach $1 billion. The estimates are based on the volume of oil contaminated and the $10-to-$20-a-barrel discounts refiners are asking to take the tainted barrels. The traders and executives spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid upsetting their commercial relationship with Russia.
"The Druzhba pipeline issue should cap Russian supply for the time being," said Ed Morse, head of commodities research at Citigroup Inc. in New York.
Although Moscow has yet to give its own estimate, Western traders also believe the problem will prove larger and take longer to resolve than many predict. Russian oil officials talk about 20 million barrels contaminated, but oil traders and refining executives believe the real number may be closer to 40 million.
The larger the amount, the bigger the problem: the polluted crude will need to be blended very slowly to bring the chloride levels down to acceptable levels, on a 1-dirty-to-10-clean barrels ratio most likely. That process may well take months, not weeks. So far, refiners in Poland have experimented with blending and struggled.
"The Russian crude can only be blended down over time, a process requiring hundreds of millions of barrels of clean crude," said Amrita Sen, chief oil analyst at consultant Energy Aspects Ltd. In London.
The second problem lies with who's responsible for the crisis — and the cost of clearing it up. The pipelines are run by Transneft, headed by Nikolay Tokarev, a former KGB pal of Vladimir Putin. Much of the oil is supplied by state oil company Rosneft PSJC, run by the Kremlin power-broker Igor Sechin.
Russian oil officials have pinpointed the contamination to a small, privately-owned terminal in the Samara region, about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) from Moscow. Who owned the oil and why it was polluted remain a mystery.
The contamination with organic chloride, which is very unusual, comes at a time when the global oil market is already short of supply of crude of similar quality to Urals. The combined impact of U.S. sanctions on Iran and Venezuela, OPEC+ production cuts, and lower-than-expected output in Mexico has reduced worldwide shipments of denser crude with high sulfur content. Premiums in the physical market for medium-heavy crude have surged to multi-year highs as a result.
"This a significant unplanned outages that is having spill-over effects," said Harry Tchilinguirian, head commodity strategist at BNP Paribas. "What you end up with is a further reduction in the availability of medium quality crude oil."
Russian officials and European oil executives are groping toward a solution. After Thursday's Warsaw meeting, Transneft said uncontaminated barrels can flow into Poland by June 10 if interested parties implement a restart plan on Friday. But PERN SA, its Polish counterpart, said claims for compensation from oil refiners must first be acknowledged if the deadline is to be met.
To be sure, the situation is slowly improving. Russia is resorting to Soviet-style mobilization, marshaling thousands of rail cars to move crude from the north of the country into a terminal in the Black Sea where the polluted crude could be slowly blended with clean flows.
The southern branch of the Druzhba pipeline, which goes into the Czech Republic and Hungary has started to pump, although at rates about half their normal level of 300,000 barrels a day. Clean crude arrived on Thursday in Slovakia and it's expected to reach Hungary by Monday. Ust-Luga is also receiving clean oil, but shipments remain patchy.
The big problem is, however, the key northern branch of Druzhba going into Belarus, Poland and Germany, which remains closed, depriving the region of at least 700,000 barrels a day. So far, every plan to re-start the pipeline has failed. As an alternative, refiners in the region are getting oil via the Baltic ports of Gdansk in Poland or Rostock in Germany.
Until a proper solution is found, a crisis that started in a remote village in southern Russia will keep reverberating through the continent's oil market — and the costs will rise and rise.
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Whether it's a coffee morning, run, challenge event or overseas trek, we have a range of charity events for all interests, ages and abilities. Get involved today and fundraise to support local children with cancer, and their families.
Ballyclare High School is delighted to have supported Cancer Fund for Children's ReadOn campaign over the past number of years. Participating in ReadOn is a great way to encourage the enjoyment of reading amongst our pupils but it also makes them aware of the needs of many young people their age and enables them to make a practical difference to the lives of families across Northern Ireland.
When Micéal passed away, as a family we decided to fundraise for Cancer Fund for Children in Micéals memory. We chose the Bog Run because we know Micéal would have loved the idea of coming in first, ahead of all the family rotten from head to toe - even though it's not a race, that would be his competitive nature. We would encourage as many people as possible to join us and do what they can to raise money for an amazing charity like Cancer Fund for Children.
The Bog Run. The boggiest 5k around. Fancy a taste of the action?


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Share this Story: REM construction ramps up amid parking and graffiti concerns
REM construction ramps up amid parking and graffiti concerns
The REM's West Island line was to be finished by 2023, but the impact of construction delays caused by the pandemic are being analyzed.
John Meagher • Montreal Gazette
Jul 09, 2020 • July 9, 2020 • 3 minute read • Join the conversation
Cars on St. Charles Blvd. in Kirkland pass under the newly completed section of the REM train span on Wednesday. Photo by John Mahoney /Montreal Gazette
Construction of the Réseau express métropolitain (REM) is ramping up across Montreal, including the West Island, where two giant launching gantries — dubbed Anne and Marie — are altering the suburban landscape one chunk of elevated concrete at a time.
A massive new span installed over St-Charles Blvd. in Kirkland last week caught the attention of drivers and the mayor, who called it "an unbelievable sight" — even if some citizens were less impressed.
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"Maybe some people think it's ugly," said Kirkland Mayor Michel Gibson, a proponent of the 67-kilometre light-rail network and its 26 stations linking downtown Montreal with the suburbs.
It's not the Arc de Triomphe, but Gibson said he's bullish on the REM because it will ferry commuters to and from the suburbs.
"It will be good for the economy because it will bring qualified workers to the West Island from other parts of the city," he said.
The COVID-19 pandemic temporarily shut down construction of the REM, but work gradually resumed on May 11.
The Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue line, or West Island line, is scheduled to be finished by 2023, but REM spokesperson Emmanuelle Rouillard-Moreau said the impact of construction delays caused by the pandemic are still being analyzed.
"In the West Island area, we are continuing the construction of the elevated structure's columns," she said. "We need to build 380 columns for the 14.5 km of the elevated structure. As of today, more than 200 columns have been built."
Some 4,100 prefabricated segments will be installed by the launching gantries on the Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue line.
"Last week, Anne's passage over St-Charles Blvd. certainly captured the attention of drivers who have passed under the prefabricated segments attached to the beam," Rouillard-Moreau said. "It is impressive because it is the first time that we have used launching gantries in Quebec. It is important to remember that this working method is safe and proven."
Gibson remains hopeful that a parking solution can be found for the Kirkland station. The station has no designated parking, but will have a drop-off zone for buses.
The new REM train span, looking east on Wednesday toward Montreal from St. Charles Blvd. in Kirkland. Photo by John Mahoney /Montreal Gazette
"There is parking at the Rio-Can Centre now, so hopefully some of it will be available to drivers," he said.
Elsewhere, the park-and-ride option at the Fairview Pointe-Claire station still remains undetermined, but about 700 parking spots will be available at des Sources station in Pointe-Claire and L'Anse-à-l'Orme in Ste-Anne.
Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue Mayor Paola Hawa said 100 to 200 parking spots are planned for L'Anse-à-l'Orme station. But she is concerned about the number of buses making their way to the station, the westernmost stop on the West Island line.
"Our biggest challenge will be with Exo, which is bringing in 60 buses an hour along Chemin Ste-Marie from Vaudreuil onto our tiny two-lane road," Hawa said. "It averages out to one bus a minute but, obviously, rush hour will be different than other times. We've spoken with Exo and adopted a resolution in council saying this makes absolutely no sense. You can't put that many buses onto a two-lane road."
Hawa's other concern is that the REM's concrete structures are an invitation for graffiti.
"I can't see how that is not going to be a graffiti magnet," she said.
"I drove downtown a few days ago along Highway 20 and the amount of graffiti is awful. It's everywhere, even on the sound barriers. It's as if it's 40 years old instead of brand spanking new."
The Pointe-Claire and L'Anse-à-l'Orme stations will be visible on the Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue line by the end of the year, said Rouillard-Moreau.
"Work for the foundation of these two stations already began this summer and will continue," she said.
jmeagher@postmedia.com
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A former legislative leader with the establishment's backing is hoping to fend off two political newcomers who have staked out positions to her left in the race to be the Democratic nominee for Michigan governor.
On the Republican side in today's state primary, Michigan's conservative attorney general is touting his tax cut plan and endorsement from President Donald Trump in a four-man race he has long led.
The winners will fight this fall for a seat that's opening due the coming departure of Republican Rick Snyder, who is term-limited. Former state lawmaker Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, and GOP Attorney General Bill Schuette are favored to emerge from crowded fields, but Michigan's electorate is unpredictable.
Voters in 2016 narrowly backed Trump over Hillary Clinton, putting a crack in a "blue wall" state that has traditionally supported Democrats for president. They also delivered an unexpected primary win to Bernie Sanders, who will campaign on Sunday with Abdul El-Sayed, a 33-year-old upstart who led Detroit's health department before seeking the governorship.
El-Sayed's bid for a "progressive v. establishment" showdown with Whitmer — an undoubtedly liberal Democrat — is being complicated by another political rookie, chemical-testing entrepreneur Shri Thanedar, who has spent at least $10 million of his fortune to run.
The Democrats have focused on health care in the days leading up to the primary, which will also decide who will vie for three open House seats and which Republican will take on Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow in November.
In her recent ads, Whitmer speaks about battling an insurer when her mom was dying of brain cancer and helping to expand Medicaid to 680,000 adults as a legislator. The favorite of organized labor and women's groups, Whitmer has come under attack from her opponents for accepting donations from business interests and not committing to a "Medicare for all" single-payer system. She has not attacked her primary rivals, however, reserving her criticism for Republicans who slashed business taxes and enacted right-to-work laws that undermine unions.
El-Sayed, the son of Egyptian immigrants who has doctorates in medicine and public health, has gained national attention because he could become the country's first Muslim governor. The dynamic campaigner — who is counting on young people and other sporadic voters to propel him — blames "corporate greed" for expensive health care and the state's high auto insurance rates.
"It's about us coming out and deciding we are going to take our politics back," he told a crowd outside a recent rally near Ann Arbor with rising liberal star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York congressional candidate who recently defeated one of the most powerful Democrats in the House in a primary.
Thanedar, an immigrant from India, is spending big to promise better health care while urging voters to ignore his accent and consider his life's path. He says the Democratic candidates have more similarities than differences on policy issues, and what makes him stand out is his rise from poverty and his experience as a business executive.
Sue Ziel, a 56-year-old middle school teacher from Macomb Township in suburban Detroit, said she cast an absentee ballot for Whitmer because of her track record and authenticity. She said she respects El-Sayed and Thanedar and their willingness to "stand up," but she wanted someone who has "proven public education needs to be a priority" — citing Whitmer's vote against a law that illegally allowed school employees' pay to be deducted for retiree health care.
Ziel said it would be "ridiculous," however, for Democrats to not coalesce behind whoever wins, given the stakes in the fall.
While Democrats have traded shots over political funding and health care, the GOP contest has been nastier.
Schuette, with Trump's endorsement and a mantra to make Michigan "win again," criticizes Lt. Gov. Brian Calley for renouncing his support for Trump in 2016 and working with a former Democratic governor on a business tax. Calley, a Snyder ally, accuses Schuette of illegally misusing his office for political and personal business, which Calley and another candidate, grassroots conservative state Sen. Patrick Colbeck, say will be a liability for the GOP in November if Schuette is the nominee.
Schuette, who has denied the allegations, campaigned Tuesday at a Lansing auto dealership where he highlighted Fiat Chrysler's plan to move production of the heavy-duty Ram truck from Mexico to Michigan in response to the Trump-backed U.S. tax cuts, adding 2,500 new jobs.
"I want to cut taxes in Michigan like he cut taxes in America," Schuette said. Vice President Mike Pence will travel to Michigan for a Republican unity rally on Wednesday, a day after the primary.
A fourth contender, Dr. Jim Hines, has self-funded his campaign with $2.7 million but has lagged in polling.
Calley is touting the economic turnaround in a state that was hit hard by lost manufacturing jobs and also stressing a workforce development plan.
"What I bring to the table are results and real plans for the future," he said.


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Q: Set a reset button to clear a specific single input of type text I have the following:

  Label 1

 <input type="text" id="input_section1">
 <button type="reset" class="clear"></button>

This is how the html must remain structured. I have other divs on the page that are the same as the above (called #section2, #section3 etc), and none of the inputs are within a form.
So what I want is the button to reset the specific input it is associated with; in the case above, the input '#input_section1'.
At the moment when I click the reset button it is clearing every input on the page.

A: a simple solution:
<input type="button" onClick="document.getElementById('input_secion1').value='';">

This should do what you are asking for.

A: You can use the following jquery code using .siblings():
$(document).on('click','.clear',function(){
    $(this).siblings( "input" ).val('');
});

This will find the input type sibling of the current clicked element and reset it.
See the fiddle


I honestly was not sure if I would like this book in the beginning. It begins with stream of consciousness writing, with a slice of life focus. While fascinating and beautifully written in its own right, I could not help but feel that Aza Ray was a special snowflake. Nerdier than the rest of the class? Check. Only one friend who understands her, and is just as nerdy? Check. Nerdiness is almost to the point of being beyond belief? Check. A mysterious illness that not even doctors understand? Needless to say, I had a hard time initially with the novel. However, as I continued reading, these facets added to the fantastic and dream-like atmosphere of the story. While we see a typical YA heroine with special powers and coming to terms with her destiny, the world building and mythos make up for these tropes and others throughout the story.
Maybe I have not read enough, but I have never read something quite like this novel. Ships in the sky? Sure, I've seen that plenty of times. Birds that roost in your lungs to amplify your singing voice, however? That as well as plenty of other facets, from the Magonian race to the Rostrae, were unique and refreshing. I fell in love with this world, even if there were plot holes abound and a lack of believable characters.
Even if they were unbelievable, however, I still could not help but empathize with them all. They all had clear goals, clear motivations, and were never black and white. It was also nice to see Aza and Jason's parents play such a strong role in the story as well. I could not help but root for everyone, cry with them, and laugh with them, especially with how strong the audiobook performance was. Even once I had to turn in the audiobook and read the physical book, their voices stayed with me.
Although there was a romance triangle, it made sense within the context of the novel and did not bother me as much as they normally tend to do. Jason and Aza together, in particular, were adorable, and I could not get enough of them. From the alligator costume in their beginning years to watching giant squid together, the entire time I wanted to both hug them and push them together at every moment.
Factoring in the improbable characters and plot holes (seriously, Jason, using the dark web as an excuse for all the shenanigans you manage to get up to??), I give this novel four out of five stars for wonderful world building, emotional and poetic writing, and for making me cry on the bus home of all places. I will definitely be giving the second book a try, as Aza Ray's story will stick with me for a long time. Thank you, Maria Dahvana Headley, for writing such a poignant and amazing novel.


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Abnormal Cerebral Blood Flow in Childhood Autism
Brain-perfusion single photon emission computed tomography was used to determine regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in 23 children with infantile autism and 26 non-autistic controls, evaluated at the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira City, Tokyo, Japan.
Keywords: Cerebral Blood Flow, Infantile Autism, Theory Of Mind
How to Cite: Millichap, J.G., 2000. Abnormal Cerebral Blood Flow in Childhood Autism. Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 14(9), pp.72–72. DOI: http://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-14-9-14
Published on 01 Sep 2000
Brain-perfusion single photon emission computed tomography was used to determine regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in 23 children with infantile autism and 26 non-autistic controls, evaluated at the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira City, Tokyo, Japan. Decreases in rCBF were identified in the bilateral insula, superior temporal gyri, and the left prefrontal cortices of autistic patients, compared to controls. Patients were divided into two clinical syndrome categories according to symptoms, and each was correlated with a specific pattern of perfusion in the limbic system and the medial prefrontal cortex. Category 1, with impairments in communication and social interaction, had altered perfusion in the medial prefrontal cortex and anterior cingulate gyrus, and category 2, with obsessive desire for sameness, had altered perfusion in the right medial temporal lobe. Perfusion abnormalities showed some relation to cognitive dysfunction, abnormal responses to sensory stimuli, and an obsessive desire for sameness. The patterns of perfusion point to possible locations of brain dysfunction that correlate with abnormal behavior in autistic individuals. [1]
COMMENT. Children with infantile autism have abnormalities of cerebral perfusion involving the insula, temporal cortex, medial prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulate gyrus and hippocampus. These perfusion abnormalities are related to the cognitive and behavioral abnormalities seen in autism, and correlate with specific locations of brain dysfunction.
The authors refer to a deficit in the theory of mind tasks (ToM), a widely accepted explanation for the cognitive disorders of communication, socialization, and imagination in autistic children. ToM is the ability to explain and predict the behavior of others in terms of their mental states, such as beliefs and desires. Studies show that most autistic subjects fail the so-called false-belief task, an indication of a central cognitive deficit. The ability to attribute mental states has been located in the medial prefrontal cortex, an area with altered cerebral blood flow in autism. The orbitofrontal cortex and amygdala have also been associated with the ToM and ability to attribute mental states (Baron-Cohen et al. 1999).
Ohnishi, T Matsuda, H Hashimoto, T Kunihiro, T Nishikawa, M Uema, T et al. (2000). Abnormal regional cerebral blood flow in childhood autism. Brain Sep 2000123(Pt 9): 1838–1844, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/123.9.1838 [PubMed]
Millichap, J.G., 2000. Abnormal Cerebral Blood Flow in Childhood Autism. Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 14(9), pp.72–72. DOI: http://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-14-9-14
Millichap JG. Abnormal Cerebral Blood Flow in Childhood Autism. Pediatric Neurology Briefs. 2000;14(9):72–. DOI: http://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-14-9-14
Millichap, J. G. (2000). Abnormal Cerebral Blood Flow in Childhood Autism. Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 14(9), 72–72. DOI: http://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-14-9-14
1. Millichap JG. Abnormal Cerebral Blood Flow in Childhood Autism. Pediatric Neurology Briefs. 2000;14(9):72-72. DOI: http://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-14-9-14
Millichap JG, 'Abnormal Cerebral Blood Flow in Childhood Autism' (2000) 14 Pediatric Neurology Briefs 72 DOI: http://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-14-9-14
Millichap, J Gordon. 2000. "Abnormal Cerebral Blood Flow in Childhood Autism". Pediatric Neurology Briefs 14 (9): 72–72. DOI: http://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-14-9-14
Millichap, J Gordon. "Abnormal Cerebral Blood Flow in Childhood Autism". Pediatric Neurology Briefs 14, no. 9 (2000): 72–72. DOI: http://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-14-9-14
Millichap, J G. "Abnormal Cerebral Blood Flow in Childhood Autism". Pediatric Neurology Briefs, vol. 14, no. 9, 2000, pp. 72–72. DOI: http://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-14-9-14


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\section{Introduction.}

\indent As it is well known, one can distinguish two regimes in the phase
separation process following the formation of nuclei. The initial stage is
the growth of these nuclei by the condensation of solute on their surface.
The second stage is known as the {\it Ostwald Ripening (OR) \/} process
where the particles flow from shrinking clusters to growing ones.

The kinetics of domain growth in the late stages of diffusion-limited
spinodal decomposition {\it Ostwald Ripening (OR) \/} have been studied by a
variety of methods \cite{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}.
The {\it Lifshitz, Slyozov and Wagner (LSW) \/} theory predicts that the
average droplet radius $R$ grows with time $t$ as $R(t)=\Gamma t^\alpha $,
where $\Gamma =const.$ and $\alpha =1/3$ and that the distribution of
droplet sizes reaches a material-independent universal form when properly
scaled. Most simulations and experiments measure $\alpha $ exponents in the
range $0.15$ to $0.25$ \cite{9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22}.
below the theoretical value $\alpha =1/3$. Moreover, the measured size
distributions are typically broader than the $LSW$ prediction. This
discrepancy has been attributed either to diffusion effects at an interface
or the inadequacy of mean field description for the systems or to
insufficiently long simulation times. Several authors have developed
improved theoretical models that take into account interaction
effects \cite{3}.
These models involve expansions in power of the parameter $\sqrt{\phi }$
(where $\phi $ is the volume fraction of the minority phase), whose
importance was first recognized by {\it Tokuyama \/} and {\it Kawasaki \/}
\cite{23}. To first order in $\sqrt{\phi }$, interactions give rise to two
types of corrections: a direct correlations between droplet pairs where
small droplets are likely to be surrounded by large ones as well as a
''medium polarization'' in which the rate of evolution of a droplet is not
only a function of its radius $R$, but also of the droplets within a
neighborhood of size $\xi $. The models reproduce the broadening of
experimental distributions while predicting that correlations do not alter
the value of the $LSW$ exponent $\alpha $ just as observed in experiments.
Recent experimental results \cite{24} have revealed the above types of
correlation effects in the two-dimensional coarsening process. Thus,
according to the direct correlation effect small (large) cluster are more
likely to be found near large (small) ones . The other correlation effect,
experimentally observed, is a medium polarization according to which the
rate of change of the size cluster is determined not only by its size but
also by the influence of others in its surroundings. Thus, the medium
polarization around two nearby clusters promotes the accelerated shrinkage
of one and growth of the other, the rates of shrinkage and growth being
larger than if both clusters were isolated. Taking into account these
correlation effects it has been proven \cite{25} that within an {\it %
off-centre diffusion \/} approach \cite{26,27} the temporal law of the $OR$
process in two-dimensions can be, under some circumstances, different from
that predicted by the $LSW$ theory.

The purpose of this paper is an examination of the cluster growth where the
dynamic is dominated by the coarsening process. As in the previous case of
the $OR$ in two-dimensions \cite{25}, we will suppose that the particles
transport from shrinking cluster to growing one occurs by an {\it off-centre
diffusion \/} mechanism \cite{26,27}. The identifying of the {\it Markowian
chains \/} (as within the {\it Flux over Population Method \/} \cite{28}) is
based on a local feature of the medium, according with, the small cluster
(which disappears during the $OR$ process) is likely to be surrounded by the
greater ones (which increase by the incorporation of mass into them). In
this way, the diffusion solution will be determined as a function of both
the growing and shrinking cluster sizes. Also, it is shown that the
frequency transfer of particles between the shrinking cluster and the
growing one may acquire high values due to the medium polarization.
Particular properties of the clusters are included in the model. As a
result, the temporal power law of the cluster growth derived in this
theoretical model differs again, as in the two-dimensional case, from that
predicted by the {\it LSW \/} theory. Some experimental results on the
growth of the $Ag$ clusters embedded in a $KCl$ matrix will be analyzed by
the present theory.

It must be pointed out that the present approach of the three-dimensional
$OR
$ process can work only under assumption that the correlation effects occur
(especially, the direct correlation between the cluster sizes). This fact
can exist if the clusters nucleate and grow at dislocation lines and/or at
grain boundaries (situation which is frequently supposed for clusters
embedded in solid matrix \cite{29}).

Far to elucidate the controversy regarding the general theory of the $OR$
process (especially related to the famous $\frac 13$), the {\it off-centre
diffusion \/} approach of $OR$ gives, at least, a real way to account for
the correlation effects. Moreover, this distinguishes from the others in
this branch by the fact that the clusters act as entities in theirself and,
consequently, the temporal power law of $OR$ is derived in connection with
their particular properties \cite{25}.

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\section{Off-centre Diffusion Approach of the $OR$ Process.}

\indent
As we have said in the previous section, according to the direct correlation
effect within the two -dimensional $OR$ process experimentally observed by
{\it Krichevsky\/} and {\it Stavans \/} \cite{24}, small (large) clusters
are more likely to be found near large (small) ones . Supposing that this
fact is appropriate also in three-dimensions, let us examine the effect of
such a correlation on the diffusion process in the $OR$ phenomenon.
Consequently, we will assume the situation which is shown in Fig. 1, where
there exist a cluster of $N$ sites slightly displaced around the position of
the large cluster and, only $N_o$ sites ($N_o<N$) around the position of the
small cluster. These off-centre sites (the ''kinks'' of the cluster surface)
serve both to the particles motion on the cluster surface \cite{30} and as
available sites for the particles transfer from the shrinking (small)
cluster to growing (large) cluster \cite{25,26,27}. In the following, we
assume that the motion among the available sites of the same cluster is
described by the frequency $p_o$ while the transfer frequency from shrinking
(small) cluster to growing (large) one is $p$, $p_o\gg p$. In this way, the
particles leave the ''kink'' sites of the surface of the shrinking cluster
and ''condense'' in the ''kink'' sites of the nearest-neighbour growing
cluster. The equations for the $N_o$ concentrations $n_i(x,t)$,
$i=\overline{
1,N_o}$, can readily be written as:
\begin{eqnarray}
& &\frac{\partial n_1}{\partial t} = p_o \sum_{i=1}^{N_o} (n_i - n_1) +
p \sum_{j=1}^{N} \left( n_j (x + \xi) - n_1 \right) \\ \nonumber
& &\vdots \\ \nonumber
& &\frac{\partial n_{N_o}}{\partial t} = p_o \sum_{i=1}^{N_o} (n_i -
n_{N_o}) +
p \sum_{j=1}^{N} \left( n_j (x + \xi) - n_{N_o} \right) . \nonumber
\end{eqnarray}
We perform the power-series expansion of the concentration function in (1).
Since, as usual in diffusion processes, we are interested only in slowly
varying functions in time and space \cite{26,27}, we may neglect the terms
containing the {\it first-order \/} derivatives in the series expansion of
(1). Equations (1) can, therefore, be approximated by
\begin{eqnarray}
& &\frac{\partial n_1}{\partial t} = p_o \sum_{i=1}^{N_o} (n_i - n_1) +
N \frac{1}{2} p \xi^2 \frac{\partial^2 n_1}{\partial x^2} \\ \nonumber
& &\vdots \\ \nonumber
& &\frac{\partial n_{N_o}}{\partial t} = p_o \sum_{i=1}^{N_o} (n_i - n_{N_o})
+
N \frac{1}{2} p \xi^2 \frac{\partial^2 n_{N_o}}{\partial x^2} , \nonumber
\end{eqnarray}
whose Fourier transforms read
\begin{eqnarray}
& &n_{1q} \left(\omega - N\frac{1}{2}p\xi^2q^2 \right) + n_{2q}p_o + \ldots
+
n_{N_oq}p_o = 0 \\ \nonumber
& &\vdots \\ \nonumber
& &n_{1q}p_o + \ldots + n_{(N_o - 1)q}p_o + n_{N_oq} \left(\omega -
N\frac{1}{2}p\xi^2q^2 \right) = 0 . \nonumber
\end{eqnarray}
Looking at the system of equations (2) and at their {\it Fourier transforms
\/} we can see that the problem amounts to finding the lowest eigenvalue of
a system of equations which has the general matrix form \cite{27},
\begin{equation}
A=p_oA_o+pA_1+A_2.
\end{equation}
Here, $A_o$ describes the diffusion among the off-centre sites belonging to
the same cluster; $A_1$ corresponds to the {\it second-order \/} expansion
of the concentration functions; and $A_2$ includes the {\it higher-order \/}
contributions of the derivatives. We note that in the long-wavelength limit
$A_2$ vanishes. The lowest eigenvalue can be obtained by a
perturbation \cite{27}
given by
\begin{equation}
\omega =\overline{n}A_1n=\frac 12Np\xi ^2q^2,
\end{equation}
where $n$ is the (column) vector adjoint to eigenvector
\begin{equation}
\overline{n}=N^{\frac{-1}2}\left( 1,1,\cdots ,1\right) .
\end{equation}
The diffusion solution is given by
\begin{equation}
n(x,t)=\frac{n_0}{\sqrt{2\pi Np\xi ^2t}}\cdot \exp {(-\frac{x^2}{2\cdot
Np\xi ^2t})}.
\end{equation}

This equation gives the particles number per unit length at the time $t$ and
at the distance $x$ due to the diffusion of an initial $\delta $ - form
concentration of particles. $N$ is in direct proportion with the cluster
surface and, in a crude approximation, can be expressed by
\begin{equation}
N\approx \frac 12\cdot \frac{R^2}{a_o^2},
\end{equation}
where $a_o$ is the atom radius and $R$ the radius of the growing cluster.
The above equation establishes that, due to the geometrical obstructions,
see Fig. 1, only half of the peripheral off-centre sites (the ''kinks'') are
available to receive diffusing particles.

The diffusing particles come, in the $OR$ process, from shrinking cluster
and, indeed, we must take into account its dissociation rate. As it is well
known, the cohesive energy per atom decreases with decreasing cluster size
\cite{31} and, therefore, the dissociation rate for shrinking clusters
become considerable greater in comparison with growing ones. This is
important to gain physical insight in the $OR$ process. The shrinking or
growing of an cluster begins from a critical radius that depends on its
size. A common definition of the critical radius states that it is the
radius of a droplet which is instantaneously neither growing nor shrinking.
The dissociation rate is related, in the $RRK$ theory {\it (Rice,
Ramsperger, Kassel) \/} \cite{32}, to both the thermal energy $E_o=E_o(T)$ ($
T$ stands for the temperature) and the dissociation energy of the particle $
E_D$,
\begin{equation}
K(T)=\nu \left[ \frac{E_o-E_D}{E_o}\right] ^{s-1}\,.
\end{equation}
Here, $\nu $ is the vibrational frequency, $s$ is the number of vibrational
degrees of freedom of the cluster and $T$ is the temperature. One seems that
the excitation of the cluster, ultimately, causes heating and dissociation
and that to a large extent the excitation mechanism is decoupled from the
dissociation. Thus, with such a simplification, the dissociation rate can be
calculated by (9). In this way, we may find the total amount of dissociated
particles from the shrinking (small) cluster during the thermal annealing as
\begin{equation}
n_o=W\cdot K(T)\cdot t,
\end{equation}
where $W$ accounts for the surface atoms of the cluster and $t$ is the time
of the thermal annealing. Further, the $n_o$ entering in equation (7) is
replaced by the above amount.

The other correlation effect, theoretically assumed in \cite{23} and
experimentally observed in two-dimensional $OR$ \cite{24}, is a medium
polarization according to which the rate of change of the size cluster is
determined not only by its size but also by the influence of others in its
surroundings. Thus, the medium polarization around two nearby clusters
promotes the accelerated shrinkage of one and growth of the other, the rates
of shrinkage and growth being larger than if both clusters were isolated.
The medium polarization is due to the electrostatic interaction between the
charges associated with each shrinking (negative charge) or growing
(positive charge) cluster. This charge is proportionally to the rate of
change of the cluster area. The medium polarization consists in the
appearance of an electrostatic potential
\begin{equation}
\Phi (r) = C \frac{e^{-\frac{r}{D}}}{r},
\end{equation}
as solution of the {\it Poisson - Boltzmann equation \/} \cite{33}. $C$ is a
constant depending on the cluster size and $D$ is the {\it Debye length \/}.
The {\it Debye length \/} is in inverse proportion with $\sqrt {M}$ where $M$
is the number of clusters within the neighborhood of the reference cluster
(the shrinking or growing cluster). Indeed, the activation energy for
particles transfer from shrinking cluster to growing one is considerably
lowered due to this electrostatic potential ($\Phi $), thereby enhancing the
transfer frequency (see eq. 7)
\begin{equation}
p = \nu \exp{\left(-\beta \left( E_b - e \Phi \right) \right)},
\end{equation}
where $E_b$ denotes the threshold energy for activation, $\nu$ is a
prefactor, and $\beta = \left(K_BT \right)^{-1}$. In this way the medium
polarization accelerates both the shrinkage of a small cluster and the
growth of a large one. As we have said in the introduction part, this
correlation effect (as well as the former) can be properly understood for
embedded clusters in solid matrix only if the nucleation sites, which really
promote the growth of clusters, occur at dislocation lines or/and at grain
boundaries \cite{29}.

Diffusing particles added to a growing cluster having an initial critical
radius $R_o $ leads to an increase in its radius to $R$;
\begin{equation}
n = \rho \frac{4 \pi}{3} \left( R^3 - R_{o}^{3} \right) ,
\end{equation}
where $\rho$ is the particles concentration in the cluster. Also, taking
into account (7) we can express $n$ by
\begin{equation}
\int^{R}_{R_o} n\left( \xi - R, t\right) dR  = \frac{WK(T)}{\sqrt{\frac{\pi
}{a_{o}^{2}} p\xi^2 }} \sqrt{t} \cdot \int^{R}_{R_o} \frac {1}{R} \exp{%
\left(-\frac{(\xi - R) ^2}{\frac{1}{a_{o}^{2}}p\xi^2t} \right)} dR ,
\end{equation}
where $\xi$ stands for the separatrix between the shrinking cluster and the
growing one. For large $t$ and as $\xi \approx R $ \cite{24} the exponential
function vanishes and the above equation becomes
\begin{equation}
\frac{ R^3 - R_{o}^{3}}{\ln {\frac{R}{R_o}}} = \frac{WK(T)a_o}{\rho \sqrt{
\pi^3 p\xi^2 }} \sqrt{t}.
\end{equation}
The last equation gives the time $t$ for an increase of the cluster radius
from a radius $R_o$ to $R$ by an {\it off-centre diffusion mechanism \/}.
Indeed, the diffusion process is related to the frequency transfer $p$ and,
as we have said, within the particular dependencies of $p$ we must take into
account (11).

\topmargin=-0.5in \baselineskip=24pt

\section{Experimental.}

\indent Metal clusters can be produced with ease in solid matrix \cite{29}.
For example, electrolytical or additive colouring of the alkali halide
crystals containing relatively high impurity concentration
($ \approx 10^{18}$
impurities per $cm^3$) lead, directly,
to cluster formation \cite{29,35,36}. Another, more adequate, method in
order
to study the kinetic aspects of the embedded clusters is the
 thermal annealing of alkali halide crystals containing negative
metallic ions \cite{34,35}. This method advantages a better control of the
cluster size but,
it must be pointed out that the obtaining of the negative metallic
ions is, generally, more difficult to do, this process requiring appropriate
conditions related to the external factors as temperature, electric field as
well as the filling factors; when large impurity concentration ($\approx
10^{18}$) is used then insignificant amount of the negative metallic
centres are obtained.
In the
present paper, we show the experimental data for metallic clusters obtained
by thermal annealing of the $KCl:Ag^{-}$ samples.

$KCl$ single crystals containing $Ag^{+}$ ions in a concentration of $5\cdot
10^{17}$ $ions/cm^3$ have been grown by the Kyropoulos method in air.
Under electrolytical colouring
performed by an usual device in air at $573K$ and at $8000$ $V/cm$
we obtain samples containing $Ag^-$ negative metallic centres (see the
initial (1) peak at 290 nm in the Fig. 2a)
as well as few small silver clusters (see the intial (1) peak at 380 nm in
Figs.
2a and b). Thermal annealing at a given temperature of the $KCl:Ag^{-}$
samples
leads, progressively, both to the decrease of the $Ag^-$ amount and to
the obtaining of the other, more and more,
clusters (see the rise trend of the
absorption curves). A possible scenario for the conversion of the $Ag^-$
ions
towards $Ag^o$ centres and/or cluster states begins with
$Ag^- + kT \leftrightarrow F + Ag^{o}_{i}$
(the $F$ means $F$ centre and the $Ag^{o}_{i}$ means an interstitial
silver atom) \cite{34}. The following step after the above reaction should
be
the precipitation of the silver atoms.

  Also, during the thermal annealing, the clusters
have an increase trend of their sizes.
Experimentally, this fact can be observed by a change of the optical spectra;
the absorption maximum shifts, progressively, towards high wavelengths.
In Figs. 2a the evolution of the optical spectra for the sample is shown
with respect to the time of annealing at $800K$; the first absorption maxima
are due to $Ag^-$ centres (290 nm), the second absorption maxima are due to
silver clusters and the third, very slight peaks are due to the $F$ centres
(550 nm).
Another set of optical spectra, corresponding to a thermal annealing at
$920 K$, is shown in Fig. 2b. In this figure we have eliminated the
absorption maxima corresponding to the $Ag^-$ centres.

As we can observe, besides the formation of the silver clusters, the thermal
treatment of the samples containing $Ag^-$ leads to the appearance of the $F$
centres (the second peak in the right side of the figures). The $F$ centre
peak
($550 nm$) has, as it is well known and as one can observe in the Figs. 2a
and b,
no shift during the thermal annealing.
In contrast with the $F$ centre behaviour, the absorption
maximum of the silver clusters moves, as we can see, towards the high
wavelengths in . Curiously enough,
despite the fact that both the samples arise from the same $KCl : Ag^-$
crystal,
the thermal annealing at $920 K$ provides a better production and
conservation of the $F$ centres (see Fig. 2b). However, a long time
annealing
will lead to destroy all the $F$ centres.

>From the optical spectra, the cluster radii are determined using
electrodynamic ({\it Mie}) theory \cite{37}. Application of this theory to
large metal clusters is successful and a review of the method as well as
more complementary features are given in the book of {\it Vollmer \/} and
{\it Kreibig \/} \cite{37}. The extinction cross section is given by
\begin{equation}
\sigma_{ext} = \frac{2 \pi}{k^2} \sum_{L=1}^{\infty} \left( 2L + 1 \right)
Re \left(a_L + b_L \right),
\end{equation}
where $k$ is the wavevector and $a_L$ and $b_L$ are coefficients containing
Bessel and Hankel functions which depend on the complex index of refraction
of the particle, the real index of refraction of the surrounding medium and
the size parameter $x = k \cdot R$. The $R $ is the cluster radius. For
clusters larger than about $10 nm$ the size dependence of the optical
spectra is an {\it extrinsic cluster size effect \/} \cite{37} due to
electrodynamics of the excitation which is governed only by the dimension of
the particle with respect to the wavelength of the light.

In Figs. 3a and b it is shown the time of the thermal treatment and the
corresponding increase of the cluster radii for the thermal annealing both
at $800 K$ and at $920 K$. The shapes of the curves are identically which
means that no influence of the $F$ centres on the cluster size evolutions
exists. Consequently, in the following we will discuss only a set of
experimental data ($920 K$). \topmargin=-0.5in \baselineskip=24pt

\section{Results.}

\indent As it is well-known one can distinguish two regimes in the cluster
growth process. The initial stage of cluster increase, following
the formation of nuclei, is, in our case, due to the conversion of the
negative metallic centres (see the decrease trend of the $Ag^{-}$ peak
(270 nm)). Thus, the main stage
of the phase separation proceeds as a uniform growth of a
number of precipitate particles from the supersaturated matrix. In this way,
during the thermal treatment, the cluster radius increases initially due to
the addition of particles coming from the source of the solute ions. When
this concentration decreased, the increase of cluster radius is due, mainly,
to particle transport from small clusters to larger ones. This is the second
stage in the cluster growth process which is known as the {\it Ostwald
Ripening (OR) \/}. It must be pointed out that the delimiting of the
boundary between the two increasing regimes is difficult to do, but one
supposes that the $OR$ regime begins usually before the solute concentration
decreases considerably \cite{29}. In Fig. 4 we have shown the theoretical
curve
(equation 15) derived within the {\it off-centre diffusion \/} approach, the
theoretical curve corresponding with the $LSW$ theory and the experimental
curve for the increase of the cluster radius in the $OR$ stage for a
thermal
annealing at $920K$. We have approximated the start of the $OR$ process
around of the $R=16nm$. For the theoretical calculus (the {\it off-centre
diffusion \/} approach) we have used appropriate values for dissociation
energy as $E_D=0.7eV$ and for the threshold energy of the particles transfer
as $E_b-e\Phi =1eV$. One can say that there is an agreement between the
theoretical curve derived within the {\it off-centre diffusion \/} approach
and experimental curves. This agreement becomes much better for larger radii
($R>18nm$). In contrast to the former, the agreement between the $LSW$
theory and the experiment is very good for $17nm<R<19nm$ and more poor in
the rest.

\topmargin=-0.5in \baselineskip=24pt

\section{Conclusion.}

\indent In summary, by the present paper, we have analyzed how the
correlation effects \cite{23,24} can be taken into account within an {\it
off-centre diffusion approach \/} of the $OR$ process. The time dependence
of the cluster growth derived by this theoretical approach, under the
assumptions established in the introductory part, differs from that
predicted by the {\it LSW theory \/} but agrees with the most simulations
and experiments in the sense that $\alpha <\frac {1}{3}$ \cite
{9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22}. It must be pointed out that
though the dynamics is different from that predicted by $LSW$ theory and,
one seems that there is a better agreement of the theoretical approach
presented here with the experimental data for larger clusters ($R>18nm$),
this fact do not invalidate the known theoretical results \cite
{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}. A source of this difference could consist within the
stress effect in the host matrix and/or the correlation effects do not exist
in three-dimensional case. Consequently, the experimental data going over
$R=20nm$ and a careful study of the stress effect should be helpful.

Beforehand to check again the agreement between the theory and the
experiment we can see that this approach is distinguished from the others in
this branch by the fact that the clusters act as individual entities and,
hereby, allowing of the introduction of the cluster properties according
with the recent discoveries \cite{31}: the cohesive energy, the dissociation
rate for the shrinking cluster, the mobility of the particles inside the
cluster which promotes the quasi-sphericity of the cluster shape, the
cluster kinks as the sites from where the particles leave the surface of the
shrinking cluster or the sites where these particles condense on the surface
of the growing cluster. However, despite of a relative agreement only
between theory and experiment below $R = 18 nm$ we may say that the results
are encouraging in further pursuing of this {\it off-centre diffusion
approach \/}. Also, we may say that a careful investigation on the transfer
frequency $p$ (within which the explicit form of the electrostatic potential
due to medium polarization should take into account) can rise the agreement
between the experimental and theoretical data.\\ {\it Acknowledgements. \/}
F. Despa is grateful to Professor M. Apostol for many useful discussions
regarding the theoretical results.

\newpage

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Q: WebSphere Liberty Profile 17.0.0.4 Breaks JAX-RS Client TrustStore- We are using the JAX-RS 2.0 Client in our WebSphere Liberty Profile application to call an external service. It works fine on WLP 16.0.0.4 with Java 8.0. When I try to run the same application on 17.0.0.4, we are getting certificate errors on the truststore.
After a lot of trial and error, it seems that WLP is no longer loading the truststore from the following property (this is from my jvm.options file):
-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=../../shared/resources/security/trust_yourIBM_TEST.jks

The above worked in 16.0.0.4, but the javax.net.ssl.trustStore property is no longer being used to point to the truststore (if I point the property to a missing file in 16.0.0.4, I get an error that the file is not found, but in 17.0.0.4, I don't get the error). So I added the following:
-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=../../shared/resources/security/trust_yourIBM_TEST.jks
-Dcom.ibm.ssl.trustStore=../../shared/resources/security/trust_yourIBM_TEST.jks

This is still not working. I cannot find WLP release notes anywhere that explain that JAX-RS behaves differently in WLP 17.x.
Does anyone know how I can point to the truststore in WLP 17.0.0.4?
==========================================
UPDATE #1 - 2018/01/24
I am using the exact same JDK, server.xml, bootstrap.properties, and jvm.options files, as well as the same application files. The only difference is the WLP instance. I am also using the same entries for the default truststore, which is pointing to the same file as I am pointing to in the jvm.properties I pasted above. Here are the startup log entries:
17.0.0.4
product = WebSphere Application Server 17.0.0.4 (wlp-1.0.19.201712061531)
wlp.install.dir = C:/IBM/WLP_17.0.0.4/
java.home = C:\IBMJava80\jre
java.version = 1.8.0_151
java.runtime = Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (8.0.5.7 - pwa6480sr5fp7-20171216_01(SR5 FP7))

16.0.0.4
product = WebSphere Application Server 16.0.0.4 (wlp-1.0.15.cl160420161113-0206)
wlp.install.dir = C:/IBM/WLP_16.0.0.4/
java.home = C:\IBMJava80\jre
java.version = 1.8.0_151
java.runtime = Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (8.0.5.7 - pwa6480sr5fp7-20171216_01(SR5 FP7))

Here is the error I get in 16.0.0.4 when I change the truststore to a non-existent file:
[1/24/18 10:50:06:025 EST] 0000006e id=         uribm.services.expensesaggregator.ejb.ExpensesEjbCommonUtils E callUnifiedProfile() Exception has occurred Exception encountered during call to UP: javax.ws.rs.ProcessingException: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: SSLHandshakeException invoking https://w3-services1.w3-969.ibm.com/myw3/unified-profile/v1/docs/instances/masterByEmail?email=dlwester%40us.ibm.com: java.security.cert.CertificateException: No X509TrustManager implementation available for [userId=dlwester@us.ibm.com] : javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: SSLHandshakeException invoking https://w3-services1.w3-969.ibm.com/myw3/unified-profile/v1/docs/instances/masterByEmail?email=dlwester%40us.ibm.com: java.security.cert.CertificateException: No X509TrustManager implementation available

And here are my keystore/truststore entries (the truststore points to the same file as the jvm.options):
<!-- default keystore -->
<keyStore id="defaultKeyStore"
          location="${keystoreLocation}"
          password="${keystorePassword}" />

<!-- default truststore -->
<keyStore id="defaultTrustStore"
          location="${truststoreLocation}"
          password="${truststorePassword}" />

<ssl id="sslConfig"
     keyStoreRef="defaultKeyStore"
     trustStoreRef="defaultTrustStore"
     sslProtocol="SSL_TLSv2"
     serverKeyAlias="${serverKeyAlias}" />

================
UPDATE #2
I added the transportSecurity-1.0 feature to WLP, and now I am getting an error in 17.0.0.4 if I point to a non-existing file. If I point to the correct truststore file, I am now getting a different error:
[1/24/18 12:03:19:905 EST] 0000003d id=         com.ibm.w3.security.tai.OAuthDownStreamTAI                   E getSslSocketFactoryWithTrustStore() exception encountered on sslContext.init() for truststore C:/IBM/WLP_17.0.0.4/usr/shared/resources//security/trust_yourIBM_TEST.jks - java.security.KeyManagementException: Default SSLContext is initialized automatically

I need to look into this error.

A: Alaine steered me in the right direction, so credit for this answer goes to him!
Fortunately, the solution to this problem was not complicated. I had to use the WLP feature transportSecurity-1.0 instead of ssl-1.0.
I had to add the following to my SSL config in server.xml:
<sslDefault sslRef="sslConfig" />

I also ran into problems with our TAI for OIDC. I had to replace the following statement:
SSLContext sslContext = SSLContext.getDefault();

with:
SSLContext sslContext = SSLContext.getInstance("TLSv1.2");

The issue in a nutshell is that the default SSL config is immutable, so you have to make sure you create your own config to override it, not change it.


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È la mia vita è un singolo di Al Bano, pubblicato nel 1996 dalla WEA.

Il brano venne presentato per la prima volta in assoluto al 46º Festival di Sanremo (esattamente il 20 febbraio), dove si classificò al settimo posto con 16.305 voti.

Brani musicali del Festival di Sanremo 1996


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Q: Can Hogwarts headmasters only visit one other painting of themselves, and whence cometh it? We learn very quickly that the headmaster's study has paintings of all former headmasters and headmistresses on the wall.  Eventually we learn that they can travel to at least one other painting of themselves.  When Dumbledore died, it seemed like his portrait magically appeared on the wall.  (Although I recall reading that Harry put Snape's picture up himself, can anyone reconcile those?)
Is there just one other painting of each headmaster that they can visit?  I get the idea this is the case or else there would be empty frames of headmaster paintings all over, as it seems they can only be in one frame at a time.
If it is just the pair, how does the second come to be? Does it just magically appear like Dumbledore's portrait did after he died?  Where might it appear?  There wasn't a second of Dumbledore mentioned when his main picture appeared after he died, but iirc the OoP ended up with the other end of him.
If it's multiple, how are they linked? An enchantment?  How close do they have to be in appearance? Could any magical child paint a stick figure of Albus Dumbledore and have their mommy make it a connection to the Headmaster's study? (It is things like that that make me think it must be just the two, tied portraits.)

A: How portraits appear
J.K.Rowling explained that portraits normally appeared in a magical way:

Q: All the paintings we have seen at Hogwarts are of dead people. They seem to be living through their portraits. How is this so? If there was a painting of Harry's parents, would he be able to obtain advice from them?
JKR: That is a very good question. They are all of dead people; they are not as fully realised as ghosts, as you have probably noticed. The place where you see them really talk is in Dumbledore's office, primarily; the idea is that the previous headmasters and headmistresses leave behind a faint imprint of themselves. They leave their aura, almost, in the office and they can give some counsel to the present occupant, but it is not like being a ghost. They repeat catchphrases, almost. The portrait of Sirius' mother is not a very 3D personality; she is not very fully realised. She repeats catchphrases that she had when she was alive. If Harry had a portrait of his parents it would not help him a great deal. If he could meet them as ghosts, that would be a much more meaningful interaction, but as Nick explained at the end of Phoenix—I am straying into dangerous territory, but I think you probably know what he explained—there are some people who would not come back as ghosts because they are unafraid, or less afraid, of death.

--J K Rowling at the Edinburgh Book Festival, 15 August 2004.
Her later explanation about the Snape's portrait was not so detailed:

Laura Trego: Was the absence of snapes portrait in the headmasters office in the last scene innocent or deliberate
J.K. Rowling: It was deliberate. Snape had effectively abandoned his post before dying, so he had not merited inclusion in these august circles.
J.K. Rowling: However, I like to think that Harry would be instrumental in ensuring that Snape's portrait would appear there in due course.

--J.K. Rowling and the Live Chat, Bloomsbury.com, July 30, 2007 (2.00-3.00pm BST).
My theory is that a powerful wizard could have probably reinforced the imprints that Snape left behind, attaching them to a hand-drawn portrait or even magically creating the drawing. They could also create and animate the portrait artificially, using the same magical technique as Professor McGonagall in the first book (when she tranfigured magical chess figures to make them alive).
Multiple portraits
At least in two cases, the portraits appeared in two places:

*

*Professor Phineas Nigellus Black: Hogwarts Headmaster's office and Grimmauld Place.

*Professor Dilys Derwent: Hogwarts Headmaster's office and St Mungo's hospital.

We can note that all of these buildings are magically powerful and both persons were strongly linked to these places.
Other instances of their portraits might exist somewhere, but we don't know this for sure. Professor Dilys Derwent could also have an ancient mansion with her portrait in it, who knows.
I am pretty sure that all of the portraits appear 'automatically' and are magically linked without any need to perform an incantation manually.
How it works
There might be two or more portraits, but the person is unique. When it moves to another portrait, it disappears from the current one.
Obviously, the person would look the same if you catch him or her on any of the portraits.
Visiting neighbours
Apart from ability to move between their own portraits, they can move to the neighbouring portraits, at least at Hogwarts & at the Ministry of Magic. Right after the incident with Arthur Weasley:

But Dumbledore stood up, so quickly it made Harry jump, and addressed one of the old portraits hanging very near the ceiling. 'Everard?' he said sharply. 'And you too, Dilys!'
  [...]  'Everard, you will need to raise the alarm, make sure he is found by the right people -'
Both nodded and moved sideways out of their frames, but instead of emerging in neighbouring pictures (as usually happened at Hogwarts) neither reappeared.

And at the Ministry:

He doesn't look good, he's covered in blood, I ran along to Elfrida Cragg's portrait to get a good view as they left.
  --Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix, chapter 22

A: In the Order of the Phoenix, mention is made that Dumbledore sent various popular headmasters to visit several of their photos in the Ministry to determine what happened to Author Weasley. I'm therefore certain that the paintings can travel from painting to painting.
The moving photographs are done by developing the film in some kind of a special potion, so I would assume the painting is made with a special kind of paint. Many of the paintings travel, but usually from neighbor to neighbor, and not to other paintings of themselves. I'm sure there must be a better explaination somewhere, but...
Perhaps there is only one "intellegent" painting, but the other ones just go do mindless things? I'm not quite sure what the explanation is, but there are definitely more paintings than one that the people can travel to.


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