scholarly journals Please, Encourage Kids to Write!

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Desmarais
Keyword(s):  
Web Pages ◽  
Online Search ◽  
World Record ◽  
Back Cover ◽  
Television Shows ◽  
Good Morning ◽  
The World ◽  
Free Writing ◽  
Popular Television ◽  
Writing Resources

Dear Readers, I recently browsed through numerous web pages for kids on cbc.ca and much to my delight I came across an article titled “5 Books You Probably Didn’t Know Were Written by Kids.” I discovered that Alec Greven published a successful book called How to Talk to Girls when he was only nine years old. The book was published back in 2008, so Graven would be close to twenty today, but the lessons on the back cover remain relevant for today: “Comb your hair and don’t wear sweats / Control your hyperness (cut down on the sugar if you have to) / Don’t act desperate.” Graven was interviewed on several popular television shows soon after the book was published, including The Ellen DeGeneres Show, the Today show, and Good Morning America, among others, and his publication became a media sensation. Graven’s accomplishment is certainly very impressive, but I was even more astounded to read about a four-year-old named Dorothy Straight, who, according to CBC, “holds the world record for being the youngest published author.” Her book titled Who Made the World? was published in 1964 and it included her own illustrations to depict her ideas about the possibility of Creation. These extraordinary stories of kids who write and publish books make inspiring reading, which is why I mention them here in my editorial, with the hope that you will encourage the children in your life to write, not necessarily for publication, but to help them read and understand stories written by other writers. There are lots of resources available to encourage children to write, including apps, websites, writers’ groups, blogs, magazines, books, and courses, so please consider doing an online search for writing materials or visit your local library to ask for help finding free writing resources for kids. Happy reading! Robert Desmarais, Managing Editor

scholarly journals Gargantuan Hail in Argentina

2020 ◽  
Vol 101 (8) ◽  
pp. E1241-E1258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew R. Kumjian ◽  
Rachel Gutierrez ◽  
Joshua S. Soderholm ◽  
Stephen W. Nesbitt ◽  
Paula Maldonado ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Large Population ◽  
Laser Scanner ◽  
Meteorological Conditions ◽  
Dimension Stone ◽  
World Record ◽  
Maximum Dimension ◽  
Supercell Storm ◽  
The World ◽  
Local Residents

Abstract On 8 February 2018, a supercell storm produced gargantuan (>15 cm or >6 in. in maximum dimension) hail as it moved over the heavily populated city of Villa Carlos Paz in Córdoba Province, Argentina. Observations of gargantuan hail are quite rare, but the large population density here yielded numerous witnesses and social media pictures and videos from this event that document multiple large hailstones. The storm was also sampled by the newly installed operational polarimetric C-band radar in Córdoba. During the RELAMPAGO campaign, the authors interviewed local residents about their accounts of the storm and uncovered additional social media video and photographs revealing extremely large hail at multiple locations in town. This article documents the case, including the meteorological conditions supporting the storm (with the aid of a high-resolution WRF simulation), the storm’s observed radar signatures, and three noteworthy hailstones observed by residents. These hailstones include a freezer-preserved 4.48-in. (11.38 cm) maximum dimension stone that was scanned with a 3D infrared laser scanner, a 7.1-in. (18 cm) maximum dimension stone, and a hailstone photogrammetrically estimated to be between 7.4 and 9.3 in. (18.8–23.7 cm) in maximum dimension, which is close to or exceeds the world record for maximum dimension. Such a well-observed case is an important step forward in understanding environments and storms that produce gargantuan hail, and ultimately how to anticipate and detect such extreme events.

Engineering as a Prerequisite for Growth: New York and its Infrastructure

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie Ennis ◽  
Donald Friedman
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Structural Engineering ◽  
Large City ◽  
Close Correlation ◽  
Structural Type ◽  
World City ◽  
Suspension Bridges ◽  
World Record ◽  
Physical Constraints ◽  
The World

<p>As a world city, New York is famous for many reasons; as a large city located primarily on islands at a complex of rivers, bays, and tidal straits, it has long depended on structural engineering for viability. Prominent structures include underwater vehicular and rail tunnels, bridges of every structural type, and aqueducts. Ten different buildings have held the world record for height, two arch bridges have held the world record for span, and four different suspension bridges have held the world record for their main span. With a multitude of successful businesses and the physical constraints of the geography, the motivation for technical innovation were present, and engineers were ready for the challenges.</p><p>These structures have generally not been built because they would break records, but rather because they served a purpose. For example, the Brooklyn Bridge, with a center span fiIy percent longer than the second- longest at the time of its construction, was built because ferries were the only transportation between New York and Brooklyn, then the first and third largest cities in the country. There is a close correlation, decade by decade and beginning in the 1880s, between what was feasible in terms of structural engineering and what has been built to enable the city to grow and prosper. This paper will examine that correlation and engineers’ role in the city’s evolution.</p>

scholarly journals A Simulation of the Structure of the World-Wide Web

2002 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moses Boudourides ◽  
Gerasimos Antypas
Keyword(s):  
World Wide Web ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
World Wide ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Small Worlds ◽  
Web Page ◽  
Simple Simulation ◽  
The World

In this paper we are presenting a simple simulation of the Internet World-Wide Web, where one observes the appearance of web pages belonging to different web sites, covering a number of different thematic topics and possessing links to other web pages. The goal of our simulation is to reproduce the form of the observed World-Wide Web and of its growth, using a small number of simple assumptions. In our simulation, existing web pages may generate new ones as follows: First, each web page is equipped with a topic concerning its contents. Second, links between web pages are established according to common topics. Next, new web pages may be randomly generated and subsequently they might be equipped with a topic and be assigned to web sites. By repeated iterations of these rules, our simulation appears to exhibit the observed structure of the World-Wide Web and, in particular, a power law type of growth. In order to visualise the network of web pages, we have followed N. Gilbert's (1997) methodology of scientometric simulation, assuming that web pages can be represented by points in the plane. Furthermore, the simulated graph is found to possess the property of small worlds, as it is the case with a large number of other complex networks.

scholarly journals Performance analysis of both sex marathon runners ranked by IAAF

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-189
Author(s):  
Anselmo José Perez ◽  
Adilson Marques ◽  
Kamilla Bolonha Gomes
Keyword(s):  
Performance Analysis ◽  
Black Community ◽  
International Association ◽  
Lower Percentage ◽  
Economic Independence ◽  
World Record ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Marathon Runners ◽  
The World ◽  
World Records

Running a marathon has become the motivation to achieve success and economic independence for athletes, mainly from African countries. This feeling is more evident among the black community, considering that they have been presenting better results than white athletes. The objective of the study was to analyse the ranking of marathon runners around the world, in the last 15 years considering: 1) nationality; 2) best average time of the 100 best classified runners from the Top 100, Top 50, Top 25, Top 10 and Top 3. An analysis was made to the ranking available on the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) website, for the 100 best world results for both sexes, focusing on records from 2000 to 2014. The analysis was subdivided into ranking groups (Top 3, 10, 25, 50 and 100), resulting in 3000 records. African runners, Kenyan and Ethiopian, dominate the male ranking representing 70% of the total of runners in Top 100, keeping this proportion up to Top 3. African runners, Kenyan and Ethiopian, dominate the male ranking representing 70% of the total of runners in Top 100, keeping this proportion up to Top 3. The same is observed for females, however with a significantly lower percentage (34%), with Japanese, Ethiopian and Kenyan (17%) and an English athlete as the world record. The average time of a marathon has been decreasing in males more than in female competitions, both in Top 3 and Top 10, however still presenting a large gap from world records. 

scholarly journals PREDICTION OF DESIGN ASPECTS OF WEB PAGE BY HTML PARSER

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-158
Author(s):  
Satinder Kaur ◽  
Sunil Gupta
Keyword(s):  
User Interaction ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Evaluation Tool ◽  
Web Page ◽  
Design Quality ◽  
Automated Evaluation ◽  
The World ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Web

Inform plays a very important role in life and nowadays, the world largely depends on the World Wide Web to obtain any information. Web comprises of a lot of websites of every discipline, whereas websites consists of web pages which are interlinked with each other with the help of hyperlinks. The success of a website largely depends on the design aspects of the web pages. Researchers have done a lot of work to appraise the web pages quantitatively. Keeping in mind the importance of the design aspects of a web page, this paper aims at the design of an automated evaluation tool which evaluate the aspects for any web page. The tool takes the HTML code of the web page as input, and then it extracts and checks the HTML tags for the uniformity. The tool comprises of normalized modules which quantify the measures of design aspects. For realization, the tool has been applied on four web pages of distinct sites and design aspects have been reported for comparison. The tool will have various advantages for web developers who can predict the design quality of web pages and enhance it before and after implementation of website without user interaction.

scholarly journals Análisis biomecánico de la competición de 3000 m obstáculos (Biomechanical analysis of the 3000 m steeplechase competition)

Retos ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 157-162
Author(s):  
Ana Ogueta-Alday ◽  
Fernando Muñoz Molleda ◽  
Juan García-López
Keyword(s):  
Velocity Ratio ◽  
El Paso ◽  
Step Length ◽  
Flight Time ◽  
Biomechanical Analysis ◽  
World Record ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
London 2012 ◽  
The World ◽  
And Gender

El objetivo es analizar el comportamiento de las variables cinemáticas del paso del obstáculo y la ría, su relación con el rendimiento y la influencia del género y la fatiga en la prueba de 3000 m obstáculos. Durante el XVII Mitin Ciudad de Mataró (clasificatorio para los JJOO de Londres-2012) se analizaron dos pruebas donde participaron 35 atletas (19 hombres y 16 mujeres) que fueron divididos en 3 grupos de nivel en función de su rendimiento comparado con el Récord del Mundo. Las grabaciones fueron digitalizadas mediante un análisis cinemático en 2D (Kinescan-IBV). Algunas variables en el paso del obstáculo (velocidad, distancia de batida y porcentaje tiempo de vuelo) y de la ría (velocidad y pérdida de velocidad en las últimas vueltas) fueron sensibles al nivel, y otras al género (obstáculo: velocidad y distancia de batida relativas a la velocidad de la prueba; ría: velocidad relativa a la velocidad de la prueba). Las variables que no fueron sensibles al nivel, género y fatiga permiten establecer valores de referencia para el entrenamiento (ej. distancia de ataque ~53-55% en el obstáculo y ~35-39% en la ría). En conclusión, este es el primer estudio que analiza conjuntamente la biomecánica del paso del obstáculo y la ría en una prueba de 3000 m obstáculos, relacionando variables biomecánicas con el rendimiento y el género. Se observó que existe una falta de amplitud en el paso del obstáculo en mujeres, y que tanto hombres como mujeres deberían mejorar su técnica de paso de la ría.Palabras clave: Biomecánica, carrera, obstáculos, rendimiento.Abstract: The purpose of this study was to analyze the kinematic variables of both steeplechase and steeplechase water jumps, their relationship with performance, and the influence of some factors such as gender and fatigue during a 3000 m steeplechase competition. Two races of the XVII Athletics Meeting Ciudad de Mataró (National Trials for London-2012 Olympic Games) were recorded. Thirty-five athletes were analyzed (19 male and 16 female) and classified into 3 groups according to their competition performance level compared to the World Record. Images were digitalized by a 2D kinematic analysis (Kinescan-IBV). The results showed that some biomechanical variables of the steeplechase jump (steeplechase velocity, step length and percentage of flight time) and steeplechase water jump (steeplechase velocity and its decrease over the laps) were related to performance. Other variables were sensitive to the gender (steeplechase jump: steeplechase/competition velocity ratio and step length/steeplechase velocity ratio; steeplechase water jump: steeplechase/competition velocity ratio). The variables which were not related to performance, gender or fatigue allowed establishing reference values for training (e.g. takeoff distance of ~53-55% in the steeplechase jump and ~35-39% in the steeplechase water jump). In conclusion, this is the first study that simultaneously analyzed the biomechanics of both steeplechase and steeplechase water jumps during a 3000 m steeplechase competition, relating biomechanical variables to performance and gender. The comparisons with respect to previous studies indicated that the females had a short step length in the steeplechase, and that both male and female should improve their steeplechase water jump technique.Keywords: biomechanics, running, steeplechase, performance.

Healthcare Information Systems and the Semantic Web

2011 ◽  
pp. 178-184
Author(s):  
David Parry
Keyword(s):  
Information Retrieval ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Semantic Web ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Healthcare Information ◽  
The World ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Source Of Information

The World Wide Web (WWW) is a critical source of information for healthcare. Because of this, systems for allowing increased efficiency and effectiveness of information retrieval and discovery are critical. Increased intelligence in web pages will allow information sharing and discovery to become vastly more efficient .The semantic web is an umbrella term for a series of standards and technologies that will support this development.

Scientific Myth

2021 ◽  
pp. 41-69
Author(s):  
Hannah K. Scheidt
Keyword(s):  
Science And Religion ◽  
Cultural Work ◽  
Central Importance ◽  
Television Shows ◽  
Popular Television ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Important Site

This chapter explores the relationship among science, religion, and atheism through analyses of popular television shows and their reception by atheist viewers. This chapter analyzes two dramas, House, M.D., and Bones, and one docuseries, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. It argues that television is an important site for contemporary cultural work and that the television narratives contained in these three shows constitute a “mythology of science” that is of central importance in contemporary atheist culture. The chapter identifies three tropes found in the shows: the hero scientist, the use of science to answer “religious questions,” and the myth of conflict (between science and religion).

Googling the Web

2020 ◽  
pp. 143-158
Author(s):  
Chris Bleakley
Keyword(s):  
Web Sites ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Search Algorithm ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
The World ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Recommender Algorithm ◽  
A Company ◽  
The Web

Chapter 8 explores the arrival of the World Wide Web, Amazon, and Google. The web allows users to display “pages” of information retrieved from remote computers by means of the Internet. Inventor Tim Berners-Lee released the first web software for free, setting in motion an explosion in Internet usage. Seeing the opportunity of a lifetime, Jeff Bezos set-up Amazon as an online bookstore. Amazon’s success was accelerated by a product recommender algorithm that selectively targets advertising at users. By the mid-1990s there were so many web sites that users often couldn’t find what they were looking for. Stanford PhD student Larry Page invented an algorithm for ranking search results based on the importance and relevance of web pages. Page and fellow student, Sergey Brin, established a company to bring their search algorithm to the world. Page and Brin - the founders of Google - are now worth US$35-40 billion, each.

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