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The Relationship between Burnout Dimensions and Psychological Symptoms (Depression, Anxiety and Stress) Among Nurses
Seyed Valiollah Mousavi1*, Maryam Ramezani2, Iraj Salehi3, Abas Ali Hossein Khanzadeh4, Farzaneh Sheikholeslami5
1Department of Psychology, Associate professor, School of literature and humanties, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
2General Psychology (MA), School of literature and humanties, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
3Department of psychology, Assistant professor, School of literature and humanities, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran.
4Department of psychology, Associate professor, School of literature and humanities, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran.
5Depatment of Nursing (Psychiatric Nursing), Instructor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
*Corresponding author: School of literature and humanties, University of Guilan, Rasht
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Received: 2015June 21; Accepted: 2016Febriary 18
Introduction: Working in healthcare jobs and the health sector, where one has to face human communication and health-related issues every day, can cause a lot of stress. Nurses are important members of the healthcare system of a country; they play a crucial role in improving the quality of healthcare. Burnout as the main characteristic of job stress refers to a delayed reaction to chronic stressors at work.
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between burnout dimensions and psychological symptoms (depression, anxiety and stress) among nurses.
Material and Methods: This present study was a descriptive-analytic and cross-sectional study, which was conducted on 270 nurses working in educational hospitals in Rasht (Iran), using stratified random sampling. The research instruments included demographic questionnaire, Maslach burnout inventory and depression, anxiety and stress questionnaire {Depresion Anxiety, Stress, Scale (DASS21)}. Data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics (Pearson correlation and regression).
Results: The findings showed that there is a significantly positive correlation between burnout dimensions (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced personal accomplishment) and psychological symptoms (depression, anxiety and stress) in nurses (P<0.001). Burnout also significantly predicted 42%, 25% and 32% of variance in nurses' depression, anxiety and stress respectively (P<0.001).
Conclusion: Considering the fact that mental health can positively affect the nursing profession and given the positive relationship between burnout dimensions and psychological symptoms, it is recommended that we must the reduce burnout rate by holding emotion regulation-training classes and promote it.
Keywords: Professional Burnout, Depression, Anxiety, Psychological Stress, Hospital Nursing Staff
New management theories believe that humans need to work by nature and they try to work to meet the instinctive, physical and daily living needs [1]. Working in healthcare jobs where human communication and health are raised can cause a lot of stress. Among individuals working in health centers, nurses undergo the maximum work pressure. Nursing is a stressful and challenging profession for several reasons. Permanent confrontation with patients, having responsibility for human health, performing clinical procedures, exposure to dying patients, dealing with emergency and unpredictable situations, exposure to too much noise at workplace and shifts turnover are among stress factors affecting the nursing profession [2].
For various reasons, such as the cumbersome nature of patient care, nurses are known as a group at high risk of burnout, which can reduce the quality of care in hospitals [3]. Burnout is defined as mental health damage that is formed in workplace and has three dimensions: 1. Emotional exhaustion that is completely like psychological pressure variable and feeling of being under pressure and the loss of one's emotional resources. 2. Depersonalization is defined as negative and callous answer to people who usually receive the service from a person. This dimension refers to the negative impressions from others. 3. Reduced individual performance: It refers to reduced personal accomplishment in undertaking personal responsibilities and having negative evaluation towards work [4]. There is a general consensus that emotional exhaustion is the central or core dimension of burnout [5]. Burnout, as the main characteristic of job stress, refers to a delayed reaction to chronic stressors at work, which causes numerous adverse effects on the individual and the organization where a person(s) is working as well as on society in the long term [6, 7]. The detrimental burnout effect on nurses is so much that nurse shortage in industrial countries today is a major problem and finding a solution to it has become a priority [8].
Today, depression is one of the major medical and social issues, which ruined labor, economic and social empowerment of the individual [9, 10]. Workplace stress, depression and anxiety cause lack of confidence and frequent absenteeism. As confirmed by researchers, nurses are among occupational groups who are exposed to stress and mental health problems and these psychological symptoms are among the common complaints [11]. The estimated cost of depression has been calculated more than 8 million dollars in the United States [10]. In a study in Japan, Kawano showed that nurses are at risk of having the highest stressors compared to other occupational groups. This study reported that physical and mental health of nurses affect the quality of service and patient satisfaction [12]. Various studies have been carried out in this area, including the one by Takuda et al. that showed that burnout is negatively correlated with mental health and positively correlated with job dissatisfaction [13]. Hassanzadeh and Pouretminan also found a significant relationship among stress, anxiety and depression and burnout rate. Burnout could explain 64.8% of depression, anxiety and stress [14]. When nurses feel the burnout, they offer poorer care that ultimately causes harm to the hospital as well as patients. Therefore, organizations will pay for the cost of burnout [15]. In order to work properly, human beings should think properly and to do so, they need to be healthy. So, physical, psychological and mental health can have a major effect on manpower's productivity. Depression, anxiety and stress are important psychological issues that can cause emotional problems, spiritual fatigue and hamper mental well-being. They can also be the basis for development of burnout. It seems necessary to investigate these topics scientifically to prevent problems caused by it. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the relationship between burnout and psychological symptoms (depression, anxiety and stress) among nurses referred to educational hospitals in Rasht.
Material and Methods
The present study, which is descriptive-analytic and cross-sectional one, was conducted during the second half of 2014. The study population consisted of all nurses who were working in various wards, including psychiatry, infectious disease, burns, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatric and cardiology of six educational hospitals affiliated to the Gilan University of Medical Sciences in Rasht.
The sample size of 270 people was considered using the Morgan table. These nurses were selected using stratified random sampling, and this was used because all nurses were equally selected from different wards. To collect data at different shifts, the researcher referred to the above centers after obtaining permission of the vice-chancellor for research and technology of Gilan University of Medical Sciences. The researcher later put the questionnaires at nurses' disposal and received them at the end of shifts after obtaining their written consent. On the questionnaires, the researcher dealt with issues like freedom to participate in the study and confidentiality of personal information. So, all participants took part in the study with their consent and voluntarily. Data collection instruments included demographic questionnaire, depression, anxiety and stress questionnaire {Depresion Anxiety, Stress, Scale (DASS21)} and Maslach burnout inventory. Demographic questionnaire includes information on age, gender, work experience, marital status, education, employment address, shifts and employment status. In this study, DASS-21 questionnaire was used and 7 questions were considered for each of the emotional states of depression, anxiety and stress. This is a four-part questionnaire scored based on 4-point Likert scale with no, low, medium and high options scored from 0 to 3, respectively. This questionnaire was first presented by Lovibond [16]. Antony et al., analyzed this scale and obtained Cronbach's alpha coefficient values of 0.97, 0.92 and 0.95 for stress, depression and anxiety, respectively [17]. The reliability of this scale was obtained at 0.70 in a study by Showani et al. [18]. In this study, the internal consistency of the test was evaluated using Cronbach's alpha, the amount of which was 0.77, 0.77 and 0.77 respectively for depression scale, anxiety scale and stress scale.
The third part of the instrument was Maslach burnout inventory, which contains 22 questions on both intensity and frequency in three dimensions: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal accomplishment. Low, average, and high occupational burnout rates in the emotional exhaustion subscale are shown respectively by scores of >17 for frequency and >25 for intensity, between18-29 for frequency and 26-39 for intensity and <30 for frequency and <40 for intensity. Low, average, and high occupational burnout rates in the depersonalization dimension are shown by scores >15 for frequency and >6 for intensity, between the range of 6-11 for frequency and 7-14 for intensity, and <12 for frequency and <15 for intensity. Low, average, and high occupational burnout rates in the personal accomplishment dimension were shown respectively by scores < 36 for frequency and < 33 for intensity, between the range of 34-39 for frequency and 37-43 for intensity, and > 40 for frequency and > 44 for intensity. Maslach et al., calculated the internal validity for each of the sub-components and internal consistency of 0.83 and 0.84 for frequency and intensity, respectively.
They also calculated the reliability coefficient of 0.82 and 0.53 for frequency and intensity, respectively. Akbari et al., in a study determined the factor validity and psychometric properties of Persian version of the Maslach burnout inventory. They obtained the reliability value of 0.76, 0.60 and 0.70 for emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal accomplishment subscales, respectively [19]. For statistical analysis, descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Pearson correlation coefficient and simultaneous multiple regression method) was used. Data was analyzed using SPSS V20.
Descriptive findings showed that the mean
age of the sample group was 34.02± 5.970 years. Female and male participants accounted for 265 (98.1%) and 5 (1.9%) of the total subjects, respectively. Also, the number of participants with BS and MS in nursing was 265 (94.4%) and 15 (5.6%) of
the respondents, respectively. Permanent, contractual and temporary nurses accounted for 98 (36.3%), 79 (29.3%) and 93 (34.4%) among the subjects, respectively.
Pearson's correlation coefficient showed positive and significant relationship between burnout dimensions (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced personal accomplishment) and psychological symptoms (depression, anxiety and stress) (table 1). The above table shows that there is a significant positive relationship between burnout dimensions and psychological symptoms (depression, anxiety and stress, which are considered as criterion variable and has been predicted based on predictive variable (burnout) in this study. Thus, each psychological symptom was individually based on burnout). Also, to predict the psychological symptoms, simultaneous studies were undertaken based on burnout and regression analysis, the results of which have been reported in table 2.
Table 1. Correlation coefficients between burnout and psychological symptoms
Emotional exhaustion (frequency)
Emotional exhaustion (intensity)
Depersonalization (frequency)
Depersonalization (intensity)
Lack of individual success (frequency)
Lack of individual success (intensity)
*Pearson Correlation Test
Table 2: Prediction of psychological symptoms based on burnout
Depression prediction
Predictor variable
Burnout 31.866 0.0001 0.650 0.423 6.150
Anxiety prediction
Predictor variable
Burnout 17.632 0.0001 0.5 0.250 6.829
Perceived stress
Predictor variable
Results in table 2 show that burnout with observed f value of 31.86 predicted 42% (R²= 0.42) of the variance of depression in nurses (P<0.0001).
Burnout also with observed f value of 17.63% predicted (25% (R²= 0.25) of the variance in anxiety in nurses (P<0.0001).
The burnout rate with observed f value of 32.07% significantly predicted 32% (R²= 0.32) of the variance in stress among nurses (P<0.0001). So, the findings indicate that burnout has the highest potential to cause depression in nurses.
Results of this study showed that there is a significant positive correlation between psychological symptoms (depression, anxiety and stress) and all dimensions of burnout. In other words, the more severe the psychological symptoms (depression, anxiety and perceived stress), the higher is the burnout level.
The results of regression analysis also showed that burnout can significantly predict 42%, 25% and 32% of variance in depression, anxiety and stress among nurses, which is consistent with the results of other studies that showed significant
relationship between burnout and general health and well-being of employees [20–25].
For example, Chiu et al., showed in their findings that there is a positive and significant relationship between burnout and severity of depression symptoms in patients who suffer from depressive disorders [20]. Findings of the research conducted by Schonfeld & Bianchi showed that there is a direct correlation between burnout and depression among school teachers so that 86% of teachers who were suffering from burnout were characterized by depression disorders [21]. Pereira-Lima & Loureiro showed a positive relationship between burnout and mental health problems and a negative correlation between burnout and social skills in medical residents [22]. The results obtained by Ahola et al. also suggest a positive relationship between burnout and depression in the working context so that psychological characteristics of the work environment can affect the depression formation and development of burnout among staff [23]. The results obtained by Soleymannejad et al., who aimed to determine the relationship between coping styles and burnout with mental health among practitioners, showed that there is a significant relationship between burnout and mental health [24]. Hamid et al., also showed that physicians with higher emotional exhaustion and depersonalization are more likely to have mental health problems [25]. As an explanation, it can be argued that individuals who are at risk of burnout are usually very idealistic and put too much effort to achieve their occupational goals and standards. When they see that their efforts were not met, they first experienced mental energy loss and emotional exhaustion and due to acute and chronic psychological pressures in the long term, they physically and cognitively feel they are not capable of self-rehabilitation. It can be expected that a kind of pessimism will be formed in them about their efforts and even others which leads to high levels of depression and anxiety levels in a person's career. In other words, if the nurses do not value their abilities and ignore them as well, they will have no happiness and well-being at work and will experience meaninglessness and see lack of control in their job [24, 25].
Finally, it should be noted that higher the sense of personal accomplishment, higher the level of mental health. This means that if individuals feel that they are capable of meeting the psychological needs of others, their health status will improve both physically and psychologically. It seems that workplace stress-induced problem can affect mental health of nurses and cause a sense of helplessness and depression in them. The persistent stress and anxiety could endanger the physical and mental balance and lead to issues such as resignation, frequent absenteeism, and loss of energy and reduced work efficiency. Thus, it can be said that the risk of burnout in nurses will more likely have a major effect on their mental health and prevention of burnout plays a significant role in increasing the number of healthy nurses as well as boosts health treatment practices in patients. Finally, it can be concluded that failure to achieve personal aspirations leads to increased emotional exhaustion, followed by the rise of alienation and depersonalization and reduced feeling of individual achievements (and reduced personal accomplishment) among nurses. Given the importance of mental health of nurses such as significant role in care and the nature of the profession and given the positive relationship between burnout dimensions and psychological symptoms, it is essential to hold emotional regulation dialectic classes and promote it among nurses in order to reduce burnout.
On the other hand, with regard to the relationship between psychological symptoms and burnout, it is essential to investigate the impact of healthy methods to deal with psychological symptoms in order to reduce the burnout rate in future researches. Mental health status of subjects affects the results during the questionnaire completion phase.
This article is adopted from the MA thesis on psychology of the faculty of literature and humanities, University of Guilan, which has been registered with the number 2244433 at the Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (IRANDOC). The authors are thankful to the vice-chancellor for research and technology of Guilan University of Medical Sciences for granting permission for the study, as well as providing nursing staff who devoted their time and attention in gathering information about this study.


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With a large setting range, operating pressures can be selected from 0.5 to 30-bar (7.25 to 435 psi), states WITT. At present, it is the norm to set the operating pressure mechanically by hand—an established procedure, but one that has tended to be complicated and inaccurate in comparison to the electrical variant. The electrical control with PLC automatic-regulation also helps to save costs because the exact pressure regulation prevents the blow-off of expensive gases or process interruptions.
WITT is one of the major manufacturers of equipment for technical gases and their applications. WITT dome-loaded pressure regulators are among the most powerful of their kind. They are distinguished in particular by their pressure consistency even with highly fluctuating withdrawals.


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Im trying to convert a string (combination of mobile number and password) to a Base64 string. I seem to be running into a couple of issues (please excuse my ignorance, I am totally new to Python):
1. I have tried to import the following library (import base64), but I get an error saying "No module named base64".
2. I have read some conflicting info. Some say that (base64.b64encode) only works on byte arrays, while others are using it with a string. Do I need to convert my string to a byte array first, or will this work on a string.
3. Does anyone by chance have a snippet or a script showing how to do this.


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Can I Get a Medicare Supplement Insurance Plan If I Am Under 65?
Federal law does not require a company to sell Medicare Supplement insurance plans (also known as Medigap or MedSup) to those under age 65, although some states require it. Because of this, Medigap insurers may choose to deny you a policy before you turn 65, or they may significantly reduce the number of available plans.
The following states require insurance companies to allow you to obtain at least one kind of Medicare Supplement coverage before you reach age 65 (restrictions noted):
- California (excluding those under 65 and with end-stage renal disease)
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware (only available to those with end-stage renal disease)
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts (only available to those with end-stage renal disease)
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Vermont (excluding those under 65 and with end-stage renal disease)
- Wisconsin
The best time to join a Medigap plan is during your Medigap Open Enrollment Period. This is the six-month period that begins on the first day of the month that you turn age 65 and are enrolled in Medicare Part B. During this time, you are entitled to join any Medigap plan that is available in your state, regardless of health issues.
Medical underwriting
Once this enrollment period passes, Medigap insurers may require you to have a medical underwriting examination, which is a thorough review of your medical history. Depending on your health issues, you could wind up paying a higher price for Medigap insurance or even be denied coverage completely.
The start date of your Medigap Open Enrollment Period cannot be delayed or replaced.
Guaranteed-issue rights
Guaranteed-issue rights are also known as Medigap protections. These guaranteed-issue rights refer to certain situations where insurance companies must offer you certain Medigap policies. You have a guaranteed-issue right to join a Medicare Supplement insurance plan if you're in a Medicare Advantage plan and you move out of the plan's service area or if the company offering the policy is leaving Medicare or stops giving care in your area.
When this happens, you may have the right to buy certain types of Medigap (or Medicare Supplement) policies sold in your state if you switch to Original Medicare. The Medigap insurance company must cover all your pre-existing health conditions, and it cannot charge you higher rates for a Medigap policy because of existing health conditions
Please note that you may also have a "trial right" to try a Medicare Advantage plan (Part C), even if you have Original Medicare, Part A and Part B, and a Medigap policy. If you decide you do not like the Medicare Advantage plan, you may drop it without penalty and switch back to Original Medicare along with Medigap coverage, within a certain period of time.
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Winning Year: 1949
Original Publisher:
This non-fiction book follows the development of the home from humble peasant dwelling to grand castle, from the prehistoric cave to modern structures of steel and concrete.
Agnes Allen had had the idea for this book in the summer of 1943, six years before she finally wrote it. She was staying in a cottage in Oxfordshire with her husband Jack and their eleven year old son. Her son was curious about how some of the more unusual old wooden Elizabethan houses in the village were made, so it occurred to her "that thousands of children, like himself, were growing up in brick-built houses in which one turned a tap if one needed water, pressed a switch to flood a room with light, struck a match if one wanted to light a fire." So she decided to write a book for children that would "describe the ordinary homes of ordinary people at different periods, right back to the days when almost everything that made up the home, including the very house itself, was there only as a result of the personal exertions of the men and woman who made up the household."


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Option: With Gradle (recommended)
This method has the advantage of fonts being copied from this module at build time so that the fonts and JS are always in sync, making upgrades painless.
Edit android/app/build.gradle ( NOT android/build.gradle ) and add the following:
apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native-vector-icons/fonts.gradle"
To customize the files being copied, add the following instead:
project.ext.vectoricons = [ iconFontNames: [ 'MaterialIcons.ttf', 'EvilIcons.ttf' ] // Name of the font files you want to copy ]
apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native-vector-icons/fonts.gradle"
Option: Manually
Copy the contents in the Fonts folder to android/app/src/main/assets/fonts (note lowercase font folder).
Integrating library for getImageSource and ToolbarAndroid support
These steps are optional and only needed if you want to use the Icon.getImageSource function or using custom icons in the Icon.ToolbarAndroid component.
Edit android/settings.gradle to look like this (without the +):
rootProject.name = 'MyApp' include ':app' + include ':react-native-vector-icons' + project(':react-native-vector-icons').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-vector-icons/android')
Edit android/app/build.gradle (note: app folder) to look like this (without the +):
apply plugin: 'com.android.application' android { ... } dependencies { compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar']) compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.0.1" compile "com.facebook.react:react-native:+" // From node_modules + compile project(':react-native-vector-icons') }
Edit your MainApplication.java (deep in android/app/src/main/java/...) to look like this (note two places to edit )(without the +):
package com.myapp; + import com.oblador.vectoricons.VectorIconsPackage; .... @Override protected List<ReactPackage> getPackages() { return Arrays.<ReactPackage>asList( new MainReactPackage() + , new VectorIconsPackage() ); } }
Note: If you're using React Native (Android) <= 0.17, follow this instructions
Option: With rnpm
$ react-native link
Note: Some users are having trouble using this method, try one of the others if you are too.
To config for IOS, see more: https://support.reactaz.com/knowledge-base/creating-and-using-a-custom-icon-font/
Source: https://github.com/oblador/react-native-vector-icons


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Please note : This help page is not for the latest version of Enterprise Architect. The latest help can be found here.
Project Glossary
The glossary enables you to set up a list of defined terms for your project.
You can divide the glossary items by category; for example, Business terms and Technical terms. The glossary can be saved in Rich Text format for inclusion as part of a larger project document.
You can add, delete and modify the project glossary entries through the Glossary dialog or through the Project Glossary tab on the System window. You can also create glossary terms and definitions from text in the Notes window or from any Notes or Description fields that have the Notes toolbar. Once these terms exist, you can insert them into any of those same fields by pressing [Ctrl]+[Space] and selecting them from an autocompletion box.
Include a Glossary Report in your project requirements or functional specifications documents.
You can transport these glossary definitions between models, using the Export Reference Data and Import Reference Data options on the Tools menu.


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Once your student has departed for his/her long sought after destination, you enter into a new phase of the process. Remember that your student is not on a long vacation for which s/he will receive credit, but is on a longer work assignment overseas. Studying abroad and adjusting to another culture will require a great deal of patience and tenacity from your student, especially in the beginning, when every detail requires adjustment.
It is a common experience for parents to receive communication from a student who is frustrated and upset, and even a bit depressed. This often happens after the initial excitement of arrival wears off and management of daily living begins. It is vital to understand that such negative moments are a natural part of the experience and working through them fosters the growth that is significant your son/daughter's personal development. With the right kind of communication, you can facilitate your student's management of his/her experience by inquiring and encouraging problem solving on site.


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Talavera tiles are NOT frost resistant, they should not be used on outdoor installations with potential freezing temperatures.
Mexico is world reknown for its skillful artisans in a wide variety of fields. Mexican writer Alberto Ruy Sanchez Lacy called Mexican tile a "chosen skin". Tiles have embellished numerous public and private spaces thoughout Mexico. A glimpse anywhere in Mexico, particularly in the central states, shows the widespread use of talavera tiles decorating a broad range of spaces from kitchens, fountains, facades, interiors of luxurious hacienda homes to churches. It is through traditional artifacts, such as handcrafted tiles, that one can perceive an artisan's sensibility, and creativity. Handcrafted ceramic tile is a rooted cultural heritage in Mexico, since its practice of making it began in the late sixteen century, around 1570 and 1573. Mexican ceramic tiles have actively played a distinguished role as an important utilitarian and decorative element in Mexican architecture.
Mexican tile is functional, beautiful, and practical, it provides a long lasting wall or surface that is easy to care and maintain. You can install Mexican tiles in virtually any area you want to enjoy their warm and beauty.The tiles are made from clay dug out of the ground and fired to a temperature at which the clay undergoes chemical changes and becomes permanently hard. Then the tile is glazed and decorated by hand, and fired once again to give it its final and lively finish. Its physical characteristics make Mexican tiles particularly attractive and distinctive. Mexican tiles are concave (not perfectly flat). They are characterized as unique, irregular, functional, and expressive.
Recommended Use
• All interiors of residential and commercial wall applications.
• Light-use residential flooring as accents or as a border to define an area.
• Outdoor use in areas where freezing temperatures are not common. Tiles are not frost proof.
• Moist areas where tiles are not submerged in water.
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Asian population swells in Bay Area, state, nation
The country's Asian American population grew faster than any other ethnic group over the past decade, and in few places can that explosion be seen more vividly than in San Francisco's nearest neighbor - Daly City.
The hilly enclave of 101,123 people has a population that is 58.4 percent of Asian descent, according to U.S. census figures released Wednesday. That gives it the highest Asian concentration of any large U.S. city outside of Hawaii.
This comes as little surprise to anyone who has strolled downtown, where the savory scent of lumpia and chicken adobo fills the air. Daly City was also the most Asian mainland city in the 2000 census at 54 percent - and then, as now, the main reason is the Filipino populace.
People of Filipino descent constitute 33.3 percent of Daly City's population, up from 31.6 percent in the 2000 census.
"The joke around here for a long time has been that the fog in Daly City is really from rice cookers," said City Councilman Michael Guingona, one of two city councilmen with Filipino roots. "I mean, just take a walk through the Serramonte shopping center. I actually hear Filipino dialects that even I can't understand."
Nationwide growth
Nationwide, people who reported they were of Asian ethnicity grew by 46 percent, from 11.9 million in 2000 to 17.3 million in 2010. That means Asians now constitute 5.6 percent of the U.S. population.
Of that total, 46 percent live in the Western United States, with California claiming the biggest Asian population.
The biggest ethnic population in America is white, at 72.4 percent, followed by Latinos at 16.3 percent and African Americans at 13.6 percent. (Figures may add up to more than 100 percent because of multiracial people and because Hispanics can list their race in a separate category.)
In the Golden State, the Asian American population grew 33.7 percent from 2000, faster than any other ethnic group. Asians now constitute 14.9 percent of the state's populace, at 5.6 million people, according to the new census numbers.
Whites make up the largest racial group in California, at 57.6 percent. Latinos are the second-biggest group, at 37.6 percent.
The biggest Asian ethnic group in the nation is Chinese, at 4 million people. Filipinos log in at second with 3.4 million people, and Asian Indians follow with 3.2 million people.
San Francisco's population of 805,235 consists of 35.8 percent Asian Americans, up from 32.6 percent 10 years ago. The largest subgroup by far is of Chinese descent, at 21.4 percent.
The city's white population is 48.5 percent; Latinos are at 15.1 percent; and African Americans constitute 7.2 percent.
Attracting immigrants
David Lee of San Francisco, chairman of the U.S. Census Bureau Information Center Steering Committee, said the Bay Area attracts Asian immigrants with high-tech jobs.
"There is a constant need for highly skilled workers here, and you have excellent universities with high-tech concentrations in India and China that feed that," said Lee, who also is executive director of the Chinese American Voters Education Committee. "There are also needs in the pharmaceutical, biotech and health industries that fuel Asian immigration, much in the same way the agricultural industry fuels Latino immigration."
Sarah Burd-Sharps, co-author of the "A Portrait of California" study published in 2011 by the American Human Development Project in New York, said of the 5.4 million new Asians in the United States over the past decade, 1.4 million live in this state.
"The opportunities for Asian Americans are high in San Francisco, and in California overall," she said. "They live longer, have more education, and have a high level of overall well-being here."
Her study shows that Asian Americans in the Bay Area have a life expectancy of 87.4 years, higher than any other ethnic group or area of the state. Also, 51.5 percent of Asian Americans in the Bay Area have at least a bachelor's degree, higher than any other ethnicity.
"There definitely is a connection Asian people have to education and raising your children well - just as all Americans strive for," Lee said. "And we are making great contributions to society and our communities. Just look at (San Francisco Mayor) Ed Lee and (Oakland Mayor) Jean Quan."
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Although the housing market has posted a shift in positive momentum, many factors within housing finance will likely remain for quite some time, and reform is not expected any time soon.
Experts on the U.S. housing finance sector generally concluded that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are here to stay, providing a limited window of opportunity in market involvement for private market players, according to a panel discussion at the American Securitization Forum on Monday.
Government sponsored-enterprise reform will not be a concerning factor Congress this year and as a result, "the center for change is going to be very low," said Shareholder Robert Bostrom of Greenberg Traurig.
Both GSEs are reporting recent hefty profits, which is not surprising given the rise in guarantee fees. As a result, these profits are going to the U.S. Department of Treasury, providing more incentive to keep both around, said Vice Chairman James Lockhart III at WL Ross & Co.
As Congress deals with bigger issues such as the fiscal cliff, the chances of seeing GSE reform in 2013 is very slim, Lockhart noted.
Resident Fellow Edward Pinto at American Enterprise Institute stated that he expects Fannie and Freddie to remain dominant in the market for the next eight years due to the qualified mortgage rule.
With the potential of both GSEs continue dominance in the market, the private sector will remain on the sidelines, Pinto noted.
Although the government still dominates the majority of the mortgage market – roughly 80% — Lockhart noted he is pleased with current acting director Ed DeMarco of the Federal Housing Finance Agency strategic plans, specifically the single- securitization platform.
Similarly, Chief Economist Patrick Lawler of the FHFA noted that implementing these strategic plans is a high priority and expects extensive progress throughout the year.
No timeline was officially stated for implementation of the strategic plans, although Lawler is hopeful the plans will roll out in 2013.


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A tree-shaded road in World's End, a reservation in Hingham, MA. World's End is a scenic coastal conservation area just a few towns south of Boston. This 250-acre park, which is actually a series of drumlins that form a peninsula, was designed by the famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.
Landscapes of America, a special feature on the Travel Guide of America site, includes photos of beautiful places in the United States, including this scene at World's End in Hingham, Massachusetts.
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over a decade of experience, our passion for construction is exemplified
by attention to detail and understanding the architect's vision and clients
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extraordinary imagination, uncompromising quality, and integrity. As a
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highest level of personal service and construction excellence.
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Cemetery Etiquette
Let us guide you through the ins and outs of your cemetery experience.
Of course you want to respect those grieving when you attend a funeral service. But, we understand that it's sometimes confusing to figure out what this actually means. What do you say? What do you wear? Do you give the mourner a gift? How can you help them?
We want you to feel comfortable and relaxed when attending a funeral at Melbourne Cremation Service.
Visiting the Cemetery
Here are some of the Dos and Don'ts for attending a service at Melbourne Cremation Service.
- Watch over children to ensure their safety.
- Follow our cemetery guidelines.
- Respect cemetery visiting hours.
- Follow the marked roadways.
- Be respectful by keeping quiet around visitors who wish to reflect.
- Take photos of other visitors or funerals.
- Litter.
- Walk over graves.
- Disturb flowers or plants on the grounds.
Showing Support
There are no right or wrong ways to show support. You are being a source of support by simply coming to the funeral service. However, another great way to show support to the family is through sharing memories and stories of their loved one. You can also offer gestures of support by purchasing flowers or small gifts, such as a card, food, books or personalised gifts that reflect memories of the deceased. To get some more tips, check out our section on grief support.
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Dr. Daniel Zhou is the company's principle consultant. He earned his PhD degree in 2013 in machine learning from UMich School of Information. He is an experienced data scientist, software architect, code developer, and entrepreneur.
Chris Roszell leads marketing and project/product strategy, and has his masters at the Ross School of Business with extensive edtech and machine learning management experience. His passions are in technology entrepreneurship and AI trends.
Patrick Schoeps has developed a range of web-based services and websites using Ruby on Rails, and worked previously at Y-Combinator backed startup CribSpot. He holds an undergraduate degree in Neuroscience from the University of Michigan.
Dr. Sheng Kung contributes extensive data science advising for our clients, and has a range of experience in healthcare, manufacturing and automotive engineering. He holds a PhD in machine learning and degrees from the University of Michigan and Stanford.
Sal Saia has extensive computer science experience in Ruby on Rails and various frontend frameworks. He maintains full-stack development capabilities and has a passion for experience-driven design. He is a recent graduate of Stony Brook University in New York.
Ajay Gudivada is a recent graduate of the University of Michigan in the data science and informatics programs. He maintains a range of engineering and business management experience and contributes both to software development and project management.
Aditya Gudibanda has his B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics at Yale University, and has developed strong experience applying state of the art techniques in machine learning to industry problems both as a consultant and as a researcher.
David Henslovitz is building out the company's presence in New York City, contributing with business development and operational strategy. He studied Economics at the University of Michigan, and maintains extensive experience managing and analyzing financial data.
Our aim is to deliver the results you want, driving your organization's success.
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Years ago I found it much easier to switch over those 6400 line printers to remote output queues.
Here's another link for troubleshooting timeout issues with AS400 printers. To start you need to compare the device configurations with the two printers reporting the error with the one that's not. (Also check cabling and power conditions in this work area, maybe there's something happening here that's not a simple device time-out issue)
Finally what I've done for 2nd and 3rd shift operations when there's no IT support is to set up a Job Scheduler entry to run every 1-4 hours depending on the environment to run the STRPRTWTR *ALL and STRRMTWTR *ALL commands. This isn't a great solution but it beats the heck out of getting a 2 am phone call when your sleeping about a critical document not printing out somewhere in your company.
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Thermal Interactions and Enthalpy
This content was COPIED from BrainMass.com - View the original, and get the already-completed solution here!
Thermal Interactions
Part 1:
In an insulated container, you mix 200. g of water at 80ºC with 100. g of water at 20ºC. After mixing, the temperature of the water is 60ºC.
a. How much did the temperature of the hot water change? How much did the temperature of the cold water change? Compare the magnitudes (positive values) of these changes.
b. During the mixing, how did the heat transfer occur: from hot water to cold, or from cold water to hot?
c. What quantity of heat was transferred from one sample to the other?
d. How does the quantity of heat transferred to or from the hot-water sample compare with the quantity of heat transferred to or from the cold-water sample?
e. Knowing these relative quantities of heat, why is the temperature change of the cold water greater than the magnitude of the temperature change of the hot water.
f. A sample of hot water is mixed with a sample of cold water that has twice its mass. Predict the temperature change of each of the samples.
g. You mix two samples of water, and one increases by 20ºC, while the other drops by 60ºC. Which of the samples has less mass? How do the masses of the two water samples compare?
h. A 7-g sample of hot water is mixed with a 3-g sample of cold water. How do the temperature changes of the two water samples compare?
Part 2:
A sample of water is heated from 10ºC to 50ºC. Can you calculate the amount of heat added to the water sample that caused this temperature change? If not, what information do you need to perform this calculation?
Part 3:
Two samples of water are heated from 20ºC to 60ºC. One of the samples requires twice as much heat to bring about this temperature change as the other. How do the masses of the two water samples compare? Explain your reasoning.
6.30. Enthalpy
a. A 100.-g sample of water is placed in an insulated container and allowed to come to room temperature at 21ºC. To heat the water sample to 41ºC, how much heat must you add to it?
b. Consider the hypothetical reaction,
2X(aq)+Y(l) ? X2Y(aq)
being run in an insulated container that contains 100. g of solution. If the temperature of the solution changes from 21ºC to 31ºC, how much heat does the chemical reaction produce? How does this answer compare with that in part a? (You can assume that this solution is so dilute that it has the same heat capacity as pure water.)
c. If you wanted the temperature of 100. g of this solution to increase from 21ºC to 51ºC, how much heat would you have to add to it? (Try to answer this question without using a formula.)
d. If you had added 0.02 mol of X and 0.01 mol of Y to form the solution in part b, how many moles of X and Y would you need to bring about the temperature change described in part c.
e. Judging on the basis of your answers so far, what is the enthalpy of the reaction 2X(aq)+Y(l) ? X2Y(aq)


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The power went out today at the headquarters of my benevolent employer, but my bladder refused to conform to the inconvenience and I found myself stumbling into a pitch-black men's room.
I have pretty good aim, and urinals are rather large, so I wasn't particularly bothered.
As I was standing there, the door opened behind me.
"It's completely dark in here," I said.
I said this not because I thought the person entering the men's room would have trouble grasping the obvious, but because I wanted to alert him to my presence. That way we could avoid any embarrassing fumbling-in-the-dark rencontre.
"Not anymore," said the entrant cheerily.
He had with him a flashlight and was clearly quite pleased with himself. Obviously, he was one of our tech guys. Tech guys have loads of tools they do not need, and live for moments such as this.
So, there I found myself, in a darkened men's room, standing at the urinal, with a tech guy standing behind me -- helpfully pointing a flashlight at me. I appreciate the assistance, but having someone spotlight me while I relieved myself was, well, unnerving.
Thankfully, I do not suffer from performance anxiety.
Monday, September 13, 2004
Spotlight on urination
3 comments:
- Charlotte said...
But aren't you glad he didn't come in sporting one of those miner's hats with the big light on the front?
- 13 September, 2004 22:36
- Cheekysquirrel said...
A true tech guy would have been laying a trail of glow sticks whilst pedaling a mobile generator he invented just in case of the blackout.
- 13 September, 2004 23:43
- Chris Cope said...
I am just thankful that I did not have to... uhm, "go" sitting down. I can just imagine him standing outside the stall, reaching the light over the wall. Yeesh!
At least, I would hope he'd be outside the stall!
- 14 September, 2004 01:35
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TITLE: The influence of the chemical additive tartrazine on the zinc status of hyperactive children: A double-blind placebo-controlled study. AUTHORS: WARD NI; SOULSBURY KA; ZETTEL VH; COLQUHOUN ID; BUNDAY S; BARNES B AUTHOR AFFILIATION: Dep. Chem., Univ. Surrey, Guildford GU2 5XH, UK. SOURCE: J NUTR MED; 1 (1). 1990. 51-58. SECONDARY SOURCE ID: BIOSIS/91/06455 ABSTRACT: BIOSIS COPYRIGHT: BIOL ABS. Twenty hyperactive male children were assessed for zinc status and compared with 20 age-matched controls, and a double-blind placebo-controlled study of the effect of the chemical additive tartrazine (E102) on the zinc status of 10 hyperactive males versus 10 age-matched controls is reported. Analysis of tartrazine in commercial orange beverages was performed by high performance liquid chromatography using a reverse-phase ion-pair system. The influence of tartrazine upon zinc status of blood sera, washed scalp hair, urine, saliva and fingernails of hyperactive and control children is assessed. Zinc measurements were undertaken by inductively-coupled plasma-source mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The tartrazine content of various commercial orange beverages ranged from 0.58-4.16 mug ml-1. Low zinc status is associated with the hyperactive compared with control for urine (p < 0.001), scalp hair (p < 0.001), serum (p < 0.01), 24-hour urine (p < 0.01) and fingernails (p < 0.01). Saliva showed no statistically significant difference. Tartrazine induces a reduction in serum and saliva zinc concentrations and an increase in urinary zinc content with a corresponding deterioration in behaviour/emotional responses of the hyperactive children but not the controls. CAS REGISTRY NUMBERS: 1934-21-0 LANGUAGES: ENG


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Not much news from me. I'm back to work unfortunately on Tuesday. It's been good to have some time to myself.
Sara gave me some beautiful roses the other day. They look so nice on my dining table. I'm so lucky to have such a great friend.
Someone ran into my car the other day. Michael went to have a look on Wednesday. They think there is probably at least $10 000 worth of damage. It's all covered by insurance, and we have a hire car, but it so mcuh hassle, for something that should not have happened.
I am busy working on my masters entry at the moment. I'm pretty happy with the way it is going so far. It's a lot of work. I did manage to do a couple of layouts for Scrapbook City yesterday.
The one of Sara is for the monthly challenge. It is definitely worth getting if you live close by. The good news is that once the gallery and forum are up and running, you can just upload your challenge entry and not have to worry about getting back to the shop.
The other layout is using Arctic Frog. It's just a layout for the shop. I quite like it.
Scrapbook City are also launching their new monthly kits too. They are great value.


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Tourist Info
Critics picks in the Rhone zone
Award-winning vintages can be found at wineries across the county, but the area is gaining the most attention for its Rhone-style wines. Here's a tour of some wineries that have been the subject of recent critical acclaim.
The 2004 vintages at L'Aventure (2815 Live Oak Road, 805-227-1588, open Thurs-Sun) sold out after receiving scores of 95 and above (including one 98) in Robert Parker's Aug. 28 Wine Advocate. But the winery, headed by former Bordeaux winemaker Stephan Asseo, has been hailed repeatedly by all the major critics, so you're sure to find something to please your palate. Turn up Arbor Road off Highway 46 West until you hit Live Oak Road.
Make your way back to 46 and up Vineyard Drive to find Denner Vineyards (5414 Vineyard Drive, 805-239-4287, open Sat-Sun). Though small and relatively new, it was named an "up and coming winery" by Parker, who rated a number of its wines above 90 and heralded its syrah in his column for BusinessWeek magazine. The winery, whose tasting room opened just this year, is a family affair, with Ron Denner running the business, wife Marilyn manning the tasting room and son Brian making the wine.
Continue up Vineyard Drive and take a left on Adelaida Road to Tablas Creek Vineyard (9339 Adelaida Road, 805-237-1231), where you seemingly can't go wrong. The winery -- a joint venture between the Perrin family, owners of the famed Chateau de Beaucastel in France's southern Rhone, and Robert Haas, their U.S. importer -- has been receiving non-stop acclaim for both its red and white Rhone varietals. In his inaugural BusinessWeek column in June, Parker identified the 2005 Tablas Creek Rosé as one of his favorite rosé wines. The hilltop setting off one of the area's more picturesque roads just adds to the experience.
Double back on Adelaida Road east toward Highway 101 to Adelaida Cellars (5805 Adelaida Road, 805-239-8980). The winery has been around for a while, but after a change of ownership, and more recently of the winemaker, critics are saying its wines have never been better. Plugged in the June issue of Wine Spectator, the winery does well with an array of reds, from cabernet and zinfandel to syrah, Rhones and pinot noir.
Other reliable stand-outs include Summerwood Winery (2175 Arbor Road, 805-227-1365) a gorgeous, elegant estate perfect for picnics not far from Highway 101 off Highway 46 West, and Linne Calodo Cellars (3030 Vineyard Drive, 805-227-0797, open Fri-Sun), started in 1998 by Matt Trevison and Justin Smith and lauded by Wine Spectator and Robert Parker. Smith has since gone on to become winemaker at the family Saxum Vineyards, which also has won accolades from Parker but does not offer a public tasting room.
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So unfortunately my Mother had an accident at home this week. She broke the femur in one leg & the tibia in the other. Thankfully, surgery went well & she is now in rehab. To my social media friends, thanks for your thoughts, prayers, and healing vibes.
I made a painting for her, so she can keep it in her rehab room. It was a landscape theme with lush palm trees and water reflecting from a pond.
Her healing painting inspired me to paint another similar painting that I can share with you.
I kept the palette limited, once again, keeping with my current trend of a minimal color selection. Mostly black & white with shades of green, and some browns. I'm really enjoying this style of limiting one's color selection. I can't emphasize enough how it's teaching me discipline in painting, as well as another form of a painting technique.
Happy painting everyone.
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If I won a Grammy Award, I think I'd display it prominently. Not Jon Foreman of Switchfoot, the Christian rock band that won music's top prize earlier this year for its last album, Hello Hurricane. When we asked Foreman where he'd put his statuette, he had to think about it … until finally revealing that it was "in a box in the corner."
Foreman says that he and his bandmates are still making music for the same reasons they started making it in the first place: They simply love it.
That's evident on their new album, Vice Verses (lowercase people/Atlantic), which releases today. We recently chatted with Foreman about that Grammy, the new record, songwriting, and what "making a living" really means.
This is the first time we've talked since you guys won a Grammy. Congratulations!
Thank you. It was really interesting. Winning the Grammy kind of cemented everything that I really thought—the idea that there's no award that can be greater than the reward of simply playing music night after night. It's an honor to win it, but hearing somebody say that a song changed their life is much more encouraging.
So where is your Grammy now?
It's in the studio somewhere in a box, I think.
It's in a box? Not up on a shelf prominently displayed?
No. I mean, we're thankful for it. But what do you do? I can almost give it to my parents and leave it at their house probably better than putting it somewhere around mine.
I read your essay in the Huff Post. When did the definition of "making a living" change from something financial to something less tangible for you?
I don't know that it's ever changed for me. Being in Switchfoot, we never expected actually to make money for music. That was never the point. And so for me, to be able to do what ...1
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