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Aer meaning medical12/5/2023 Diet - low-protein diets can reduce creatinine concentrations.Race - Blacks tend to have more muscle mass than other races.Gender - men generally have more muscle mass than women.Resistance training - an athlete with large muscle mass may have a higher creatinine level than an average-built person with the same kidney function.Age - people tend to lose muscle mass as they age, causing creatinine levels to decline therefore, serum creatinine levels are not always a good predictor of renal function in elderly patients.Individual differences in muscle mass described below can also influence creatinine levels.Normal ranges vary by lab, but a level greater than 1.3 mg/dl is typically considered elevated. If the kidneys become damaged, creatinine removal is impaired, and serum levels rise, making it a measure of kidney function. Creatinine, a byproduct of muscle metabolism that passes freely across the glomerulus, is released into the bloodstream and removed by the kidneys at a constant rate throughout the day, producing steady serum concentrations.Rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, giant cell arteritis) Another characteristic that separates the CRP from the ESR is that the ESR may be elevated in conditions that are noninflammatory where the CRP is typically only elevated in inflammatory conditions. CRP levels rise faster and decreases more rapidly than the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) which is also used to detect inflammation.CRP is made in the liver and released into the bloodstream within a few hours of the start of inflammation (e.g.C-Reactive Protein (CRP) is an acute phase reactant meaning it's serum levels rise quickly after an inflammatory process starts.AER - albumin excretion ratio ACR - Albumin creatinine ratio.In practice, all of these guidelines are rarely followed.The diagnosis of proteinuria can be made if 2 out of 3 tests are found to be positive.If a test is positive, it should be repeated in 3 - 6 months. ![]() Ideally, the patient should not have eaten within 2 hours of the test.The test is best performed on a morning urine sample.The ratio is preferred over the albumin level because it corrects for variations in urine dilution that may occur from dehydration, diuretics, and other things. The albumin-to-creatinine ratio is measured by dividing the concentration of albumin in a urine sample by the concentration of creatinine.Albumin is the most abundant protein in the blood and the easiest to detect. Normal kidneys typically allow only a small amount of protein to pass into the urine when larger amounts are present, it is a sign of kidney damage. The albumin-to-creatinine ratio is a urine test used to assess the amount of protein passing through the kidneys into the urine.
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45 min yin yoga sequence12/5/2023 ![]() The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This has nothing to do with opportunity for growth but more with “what do you expect during your yoga class”! To all the Innerdimension Team – keep the great work up – you are making the change in our life – We feel empty on the days that we can´t spend at least 30 minutes on the mat! Namaste of the teacher to fit our way of doing yoga. Every person has it´s style, voice, aura, etc.- when we go to live yoga sessions we also chose our instructors very carefully as we want the charisma, tone of voice, speed of talking etc. Without no disrespect – we would love to have the 45/45 only thought by one teacher as well. ![]() I would like to join the other yoga student mentioning the issue about of one teacher for one program. My wife and myself consider ourselves intermediated yoga students and have been following Travis for more than one year over the You Tube Channel – recently we decided to go for the subscription, amongst other, to be able to do this 45/45 challenge after we did the 30/30 from Travis on You Tube which was absolutely amazing. Namaste <3Ī great addition to the other programs. Forever grateful to all of you! This program is another wonderful addition and will continue to be in my practice. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to both of you! I’ve practiced with Travis, Lauren and the rest of the Inner Dimension gang every day for nearly three years now. I highly recommend anyone reading to do the supplemental practices, especially Core, I found it really supported the practice. I actually experienced more improvement in strength and flexibility during these 45 days than in the same span of time in any of the other programs (including LU108 and PY108)! ![]() I found it easy to modify when necessary, and as always, your humor and warmth carries me through the tougher days. Thank you so much for another brilliant program! I’ve taken most of the programs you’ve both created here on Inner Dimension, and this one is a contender for the number 1 spot so far! I love that there are so many different classes, and that they’re so varied.
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Alphaedge 4d shoes12/5/2023 ![]() Click the Ghostery icon in the browser extension area in the upper right-hand corner.Switch off the toggle to turn it from “ Enabled on this site” to “ Disabled on this site”.Click the AdBlocker Ultimate icon in the browser extension area in the upper right-hand corner.“ Block ads on – This website” switch off the toggle to turn it from blue to gray.Click the AdBlock Plus icon in the browser extension area in the upper right-hand corner.Refresh the page or click the button below to continue.Under “ Pause on this site” click “ Always”.Click the AdBlock icon in the browser extension area in the upper right-hand corner.In related news, LucasFilm revealed new character posters for the upcoming Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker film.Īdblock Adblock Plus Adblocker Ultimate Ghostery uBlock Origin Others Ranging from $180 to $300 USD, the capsule collection will be available to purchase starting November 21 on adidas’ website and at in-store locations. Take a look at the Star Wars x adidas pack in the gallery above. This time, the heel tabs read “That’s No Moon” and “The Power of the Dark Side.” Dosed in a laser green and black colorway, the sneaker features a 3D printed 4D midsole and illuminative detailing. Similar to its UltraBOOST S&L counterpart, the style is emblazoned with important phrases such as “Jump to Lightspeed” and “Never Tell Me the Odds.” Rounding out the pack is the Alphaedge 4D shoe which pays tribute to the film’s most notorious space station, The Death Star. Inspired by the Millennium Falcon, the silhouette is updated with a matte metallic cage and yarn makeup. The UltraBOOST 19 immortalizes yet another starship. Each heel tab is printed with iconic quotes from the film, including “Stay on Target” and “The Force Will Be With You, Always.” The shoe is finished off with glow-in-the-dark elements, semi-shiny engineered mesh and metallic stripes. ![]() Leaked earlier this week, the sneaker is adorned with graphics of the starship on its BOOST sole unit, while its “Sesame/Active Orange/Carbon” colorway pays tribute to the ship’s gray and orange artillery and outer shell. The first sneaker to lead the pack is the UltraBOOST S&L, which is inspired by the X-Wing Starfighter.
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Blackguards 2 mods12/4/2023 ![]() The tactical combats could work without any grinding. The character building system is great but I don't see it works without a heavy grinding design, so myself I could do without it. Still from games I played it is unmatched for its tactical depth and its character building depth. I dislike a lot its design heavily based on grinding including a ton of grinding tricks during combats which is a boredom layout for me. The strategy layout isn't great but the tactical combats are very deep and offer both real tactical abilities and ability to compute deep precise tactics, and also allow setup strategy plans on how you'll manage a combat. King's Bounty: The Legend (and only this one, not the series) Also, there seems to be a recent plethora of games with their IP that I haven't played, which may be watering things down.) (I stick to the turn-based ones, mind you. Say what you will about GW in general, but I've been generally impressed with the 40k games I've played. Campaign plot line was fairly straightforward 40k stuff. Older game (1998) and graphics are obviously dated as such, but it had squad management and equipping soldiers, as well as our favourite kind of tactical layer turn-based combat. Love that game.Īctually, I love all of Klei's games (that I've played), although this is the only one that's really "like XCOM," so far.Īnother one is Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate, if you can find a copy anywhere. Procedurally generated maps and new agents unlocking each run through makes it highly replayable, too. The campaign is short and to the point, but that just ensures you don't get bored with any mid-late game grind. Very much "feels like XCOM," only without the R&D part. Highly tactical, with a small amount of strategic-level thinking, planning out your next moves. For my money, I think Civilization IV is by far the best of the series the newer games (Civ V, Beyond Earth, and Civ VI) moved to a one-unit-per-tile design, and while I appreciate the new tactical elements this provides (and I have a hardcore fetish for hex grids), on balance I think the design detracts more from the game experience than it adds. Though it's not a turn-based tactical game (it's the paradigm example of a 4X game), I want to add a special shout-out to the Civilization franchise, which was my monogamous game of choice for decades before I found XCOM EU. The main drawback I found is that this game isn't as replayable as the others, since it's a linear story with set missions, but I think it's absolutely worth a couple playthroughs. The tactical missions, though fairly straightforward by XCOM standards, are engaging and varied. The art design of the game is absolutely gorgeous, with a deliberate hand-drawn storybook theme to everything. A turn-based tactical game wrapped in a compelling story, set in a fictional world that resembles early-1900s Europe. This gives the game most of the weight and tension of Ironman mode, but without the drawback of a single misclick ruining your entire campaign. ![]() One thing I really like about the game is that you only have one save per campaign, a la Ironman mode, but each difficulty level has a different (limited) number of actions you can rewind for a do-over. Set in the not-too-distant future where corporations rule the world, most of the game is spent on tactical missions, sneaking about, subduing guards, stealing loot, and hacking with a varied suite of powers. If you like the stealth elements of LW2, you'll love Invisible Inc. Hero traits are inherited from parents and trainers, and I found that trying to weed out weak traits and nurture strong ones over generations was super addictive. You have to decide which heroes fight, which ones train other heroes or get shipped off to the sage guild as researchers, and, especially, which ones breed and raise the next generation of heroes. A campaign spans something like 300 years of game time, so you have multiple generations of heroes that train, age, and die. The tactical layer is decent, but the strategic layer is very clever and very fun. This is basically XCOM with a medieval fantasy theme. They're all tactically lighter than vanilla XCOM 1/2 (let alone Long War 1/2), but they're still quite enjoyable. Here are my favorite turn-based tactical games that I've found between long bouts of XCOM/LW. But occasionally it's nice to add a bit of variety in there. I've long been a monogamous game player once I find a game I love like XCOM, I play it almost exclusively. What are your favorite turn-based tactical games other than the XCOM/Long War franchise?
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Dodo bird dna found12/4/2023 Most species quickly adapt to be afraid of humans hunting them, but not the Dodo. But what set them apart from other birds was their inability to adapt. These large birds– even larger than turkeys, were great to eat back in the day because of their size. The birds were so unintelligent, they got themselves killed off. But really, this whole thing is a waste of time and money.ĭodo Birds are the most empty-headed, brain-dead, unintelligent animal to walk on Earth. A newly-founded company in Texas, Colossal Biosciences, thinks they might just be able to bring the bird back to life. A species known as the Dodo Bird has been extinct since the 17th century, only ever found on Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. Once again, scientists have learned nothing from Hollywood movies and are trying to raise the dead. We should be saving the species that we have before they go extinct.Jurassic Park is becoming more science fact than science fiction. There are people who think that because you can do something you should, but I’m not sure what purpose it serves, and whether this is really the best allocation of resources. ![]() ![]() I’ve no idea whether the mechanics of this will work as they claim, but the question is not just can you do this but should you do it. He said: “There is no doubt this is an iconic bird. Prof Ewan Birney, deputy director of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, who was not involved with Colossal’s work, said it would be “very very challenging” at a technical level to recreate the dodo genome. He said the research could assist conservation efforts for many other threatened species around the world, as it would develop techniques that could allow scientists to discern and preserve key traits in those existing species that could be vital to helping them adapt in a changing climate. “We are very transparent that to reintroduce the dodo into the wild would be Mauritius,” he said. He said the recreated versions of the bird could be “rewilded” in Mauritius, where the dodo lived until it was last sighted in the 17th century, before it is thought to have been hunted to extinction. “It would be crazy to think the solution was to bring back a proxy.”īen Lamm, the co-founder and chief executive of Colossal, said the company – whose attempts on mammoths and thylacine have not yet produced new animals – was raising a further $150m (£122m) from investors to pursue its research on the dodo. “What we are trying to do is to isolate the genes that distinguish the dodo,” she said. But she warned that the revived dodo could never be an exact replacement for what has been made extinct. She said there were hundreds of dodos in collections around the world, meaning it had been possible to sequence the dead bird’s genome. The researchers will be able to work with pigeon eggs, and use genetic material from pigeons that can be modified to reflect key traits of the dodo, including its flightlessness.īut this will also be technically challenging, as no one has yet managed to use gene-editing for birds in this way.īeth Shapiro, lead palaeogeneticist at Colossal, told the Guardian she had been fascinated by the dodo for more than two decades, since pursuing a degree in Oxford in 1999 where she saw a preserved dodo as a museum exhibit, and tried to persuade the museum to let her extract its DNA. Performing the same technique on an egg-laying bird should be less stressful for the donor species. ![]() It could take many pregnancies in practice to create viable offspring from such a method. With the mammalian species the technique requires implanting gene-editing material into the reproductive system of an existing relative of the species, such as an elephant in the case of the mammoth. This could bypass at least some of the ethical dilemmas for scientists. But the dodo would be its first bird, which is significant as it means changing the gene editing technique to accommodate an external egg. However, there is a fierce debate among biologists over whether this sort of research should be pursued.Ĭolossal Biosciences, the gene editing company involved, has already embarked on projects to revive the woolly mammoth and the thylacine. The scientists in question said their work, beyond providing an insight into the extinct dodo’s existence, could help inform the conservation of rare species that are not yet extinct. Dodos are most closely related to pigeons, according to sequencing of the proverbially dead bird’s genome.
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Ableton live 10unauthorized12/4/2023 ![]() The real must-try for Live users in 2023 is MPE, or MIDI Polyphonic Expression. That's our ten, but there are so many more ideas we could put in a list like this. This will work with any manually mapped MIDI control, so give it a try - with faders in the mixer, instrument controls, or as we see here, effects parameters. This is also your opportunity to limit the ranges of each movement by entering numbers covering a smaller range. To flip these all you have to do is type the different values in the small boxes. In the Browser you’ll see that assigned controls display their highest and lowest values. It means you can turn one knob, and two or more things will happen at once. We find we do this particularly when assigning the same physical controller to more than one software parameter. This is all good, but some times you may want your controller movement to be inverted, so as you move a knob from lowest to highest position, the assigned software control goes from high to low. Just go into MIDI Map Mode, wiggle your knob or fader, and an assignment is made (you can view assignments by looking at the Browser while in MIDI Map Mode). Live is head and shoulders above other DAWs with its ease of MIDI controller assignments. This is really old-school style sampling, and can sound quite frankly trashy, but it’s a lot of fun. Exit MIDI Map Mode and play individual notes on your keyboard, within your specified range, and the clip will play at that pitch.Įxactly how the clip behaves will depend on clip quantization, the launch mode, warping, and the location of the start marker. Then on your MIDI keyboard, press the highest and lowest keys that you want to map to the sample - press them together - you’ll see the notes appear superimposed on the clip. Click once on the audio clip in question to select it. Let’s say you have an audio clip ready to use - it can be literally anything, but we enjoy using speech recordings or beats.Ĭonnect your MIDI keyboard, and go into MIDI Map Mode by tapping cmd-m on your computer keyboard (make sure your virtual MIDI keyboard is off). This is probably the oldest tip on our list, but we think it’s too good to be forgotten, and it still works - it’s the quickest, dirtiest, possible way to map an audio clip to your keyboard. Map an audio clip directly to your MIDI keyboard These elements can be rearranged or even replaced, by dropping in new instruments, samples, or effects, onto each pad in the drum rack. Just right-click on the source audio clip and select Slice To… from the Context Menu, then choose from the popup the number of slices you want.Ī new MIDI track will be created, with a MIDI clip containing the notes representing each slice, and an instance of the Simpler instrument to contain each slice. Slice to New MIDI Track, for example, is a great way to turn your audio clips into drum racks, ready to rearrange or to play from a keyboard or pads. But it also works for other types of sound source, and you may want to transform a piano sample, a bass sample, or even a field recording, into MIDI clips which you can use. There are a few reasons why you might want to convert an audio sample into MIDI probably the most common is to slice up an audio beat so it can be rearranged and recycled in a different form. As well as for composing, this is an excellent tool for instrumentalists who want to generate new parts to practice with and switch up their playing habits. Used in conjunction with Live’s other MIDI tools, such as Scale and Arpeggiator, these clips can be put to use as the basis for a new track. Then click the Generate button, and eight new MIDI clips will appear in the track. Click on that, then choose Melody, the name of your MIDI track, and the number of a clip slot. The Magenta Studio device contains five elements that produce different results, but let’s use Generate. Drop it into any MIDI track that contains an instrument and you’re ready to play. Begin by visiting the Magenta website and downloading the Magenta Ableton Live device (you’ll need a version of Live that will open Max For Live devices). However, one thing we can approve of is machine learning, a good example being Google’s Magenta Studio, which we find interesting and inspiring. You’ve probably read that not all of us creative types are thrilled about the advancement of AI.
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Live screencast mac12/4/2023 ![]() Restream is a go-to streaming solution that allows you to easily broadcast your live videos across multiple streaming platforms. To retrieve your video file, click on the preview in the bottom right corner of your screen.To stop recording, click the Stop button on the control bar.To start recording, click the Record button on the control bar.If you want to capture only a portion of the screen, drag and resize the box that appears to the section of the screen that you want to record.Choose whether you want to record a portion of the screen or the full screen. A small control bar will appear on the bottom of the screen. To open the recording app, press Shift + Command(⌘) + 5.You can use the built-in screenshot and screen recording tools in macOS - but only if you have Mojave or later versions. If you want to capture streaming video on a Mac, you don’t need additional software. Click on the pop-up to access the recording or navigate to the Captures subfolder in your Videos folder in File Explorer. Once the recording stops, a pop-up will appear saying Game clip recorded.You can also press Windows + Alt + R again. Press the Stop button to stop the recording.Internal sounds from your PC are captured automatically in your recording. You can turn your microphone on to record commentary or off to eliminate background noise. A Capture Status window will appear once you start recording, with the timer, Stop button, and a Microphone toggle on/off button.You can also press Windows + Alt + R to start recording. Click the Record icon to start screen recording. In the Capture window, click the Camera icon to take a screenshot.Press the Windows + G keys on your keyboard to open up the Game Bar control panel.Open the app you want to record and close your other windows. ![]() If you have another version of Windows, you’ll have to use one of the other methods described in this article to record your live stream. It’s primarily for capturing gameplay but you can use it to capture everything. If you’re running Windows 10, you can use the built-in Game Bar to record clips of screen activity. They’re free and easy to use, but you don’t have much control over customization. Screen capture tools that come with your computer’s operating system also let you record streaming video. ![]()
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Backup and sync software12/4/2023 ![]() ![]() Fortunately, I had backed up my computer the previous day, and left the tall pile of floppies on my desk, right next to my laptop. The excitement of the day vanished instantly. On the day my second child was born, I came home from the hospital to discover that our house had been broken into, and our computers stolen. But despite all of this, things have still gone wrong, and I’ve lost data. I’ve used command line solutions using DOS’s xcopy and Linux’s rsync, and Clonezilla, a bootable Linux CD capable of cloning hard drives. I’ve used PC Backup for DOS, Cobian Backup for Windows and Time Machine for Mac. Over the decades I’ve backed up onto floppy disks, Zip drives, CDs, DVDs, external hard drives, and network drives. As a tech support guy, I’ve come across dozens of people whose computers died without having a backup. I’ve used quite a variety of backup apps and strategies, and I’ve suffered a few disasters as well. My name is Adrian Try, and I’ve been using and abusing computers for decades. Why Trust Me for This Mac Backup App Review? How We Tested and Picked These Mac Backup Apps. ![]() Get Backup Pro (Disk Cloning, Folder Sync) Best for Hard Drive Cloning: Carbon Copy Cloner.Best for Incremental File Backups: Time Machine.Best Backup Software for Mac: Our Top Picks.Why Trust Me for This Mac Backup App Review?.Using a PC? Also read: Best Backup Software for Windows These aren’t your only options, so we’ll cover a range of other alternatives, and help you come up with a backup system that’s both convenient and reliable. Carbon Copy Cloner is an excellent choice here and will get you back up running in no time. They get you back up and running ASAP if your computer dies or is stolen, your hard drive becomes corrupt, or you purchase a new computer. Other apps create a bootable duplicate of your hard drive. It comes preinstalled for free on your Mac, runs in the background 24-7, and makes it easy to get back anything you’ve lost. We found that Apple’s Time Machine is the best option here. Some Mac backup apps are great at helping you get back a lost file or folder. One day it might become a source of great relief. If you choose the right Mac app and set it up thoughtfully, it shouldn’t be a burden. That’s why you need backup copies of everything.Ī backup routine should be part of every Mac user’s life. Your valuable files can vanish in an instant. Always unexpectedly, and sometimes spectacularly. We keep a lot of valuable information on our computers: irreplaceable photos, videos of our children’s first steps, important documents we slaved over for hours, and maybe the beginnings of your first novel.
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Best dnd homebrew races for druid12/4/2023 ![]() ![]() You can find the new lightning spells that are referenced previewed here, and you can find the last preview of the soar spell here. The feature becomes stronger then so that the druids do not feel compelled to abandon their class feature when they gain the ability to cast spells while in the form of a Giant Eagle using normal Wild Shape. By spellcaster standards, the Druid is relatively simple to play. There is a strong emphasis on area control spells, and most of the Druid's best spells require Concentration. Their spell list has a lot of unique options. Updated MMoM : A fine choice for a flying casting-focused druid, but other flying options are both more interesting and more effective. ![]() It also doesn’t keep the druid out of the range of thrown weapons like spears and javelins, at least until 18th level. Between their available archetypes, they're able to serve mixes roles as scouts, strikers, blaster, support casters, and controllers. Finally, the 14th level feature allows the druid to rise above the reach of most melee attacks, but not all of them - larger monsters such as dragons, giants, and anything Huge or larger. At higher levels, the druid can easily call upon wind when they do so, meaning that a higher-level druid of Storms is more likely than any other character to be able to blow away the gaseous spells such as stinking cloud, fog cloud, cloudkill, or incendiary cloud. When the druid does become invested with the storm, their shocking grasp spell becomes a potent force, and the wind that was harmlessly pushing enemies now blasts them with thunder as well. When the druid isn’t making use of their two Storm Ascensions per short rest, they can still derive a lot of utility from the extra spells that they always have prepared, making them a potent damaging blaster with along with battlefield control and meaningful utility spells, filling a distinct niche from other spell-granting Circles (which already maintain good niches themselves), and using their bonus action to move enemies around. The basis for the 2nd level and 6th level features are based around features in the Circle of Spores and Circle of Wildfire. Each race and subraces have benefits that wildly differ. This subclass is designed for anyone looking to build a druid that doesn’t regularly turn into an animal, especially if they’re excited about wind and lightning. With so many different races in D&D it can be overwhelming to pick one that you are sure will benefit players as a Druid. The central feature of the subclass is an alternate usage of Wild Shape, wherein the druid takes on the power of the storm and rises into the air, arcing with thunder and lightning. As our last preview from The Elements and Beyond before the compendium releases next week, today we have a druid subclass to share with you: one which focuses on wind, weather, lightning, and all forms of storms, the thus-named Circle of Storms.
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