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This mixed-methods action research study investigates potential effects of cooperative learning strategies on observed and self-reported student social skills in a fourth grade classroom. Baseline data is collected at a time when the classroom is predominantly whole-group and is then compared to ensuing data collected during and after cooperative learning interventions. Opportunities for students to work in interdependent partnerships and small groups ramps up gradually and culminates in a 3-week period which includes 3 different jigsaw-style lesson activities. Data suggests that students who are unaccustomed to working with peers may struggle to exhibit required social skills that make cooperative learning strategies successful, and that student experiences in social learning groups may be frustrating or stressful if the classroom has not adequately set a foundation for a social learning model. However, data also indicates that both academic performance and exhibited student social skills in cooperative groups may improve with repeated exposures. The presentation also clarifies the elements that teachers should look to include when implementing cooperative learning and provides insights into how it should be introduced.
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Scientists have demonstrated for the first time subconscious learning in humans akin to that detailed in rats and pigeons by the famed-behaviorist B.F. Skinner seventy years ago.
The evidence comes from a cleverly designed experiment that eliminated conscious reasoning as a variable in conditioning. Study participants were shown a cue for less five hundredths of a second, far below the threshold for conscious vision. Then the respondents were asked to "use their intuition" to determine if pressing a button would yield a monetary reward after the cue.
Study participants were able to choose the correct button 63 percent of the time, but only when they received a reward. Without it, participants did not fare better than chance would predict.
Using magnetic-resonance imaging technology, the team of psychologists were also able to pin down the area driving this subconscious learning process: the striatum, a primitive region of the brain. They published their latest research in the journal Neuron.
"For me, it's a fundamental result. We know that the brain can learn subconsciously the connections between subliminal cues and outcomes," said Mathias Pessiglione, co-author of the paper and a neuroscientist at the Centre for Neuroimaging Research in Paris. "For some kinds of tasks, the striatum knows more than you."
Behaviorists have long been able to demonstrate that animals without consciousness can learn shockingly complex behaviors, if they are properly rewarded. Evidence has been mounting from this group of psychologists and others, that humans can learn some things in the same way. The new research even suggests a neurobiological basis for this similarity, despite humans vastly greater conscious processing power.
Takeo Watanabe, a psychologist at Boston University who was not involved with the study said that the new research shows unequivocally that humans can be trained to learn a system they don't understand with cues they can't see.
"They showed associated learning on the basis of a cue which is invisible," said Watanabe.
"I think their contribution is very important."
By restricting the amount of time that the clues were displayed to study participants, they ensured that the brain's conscious vision system could not not process the information. Indeed, when shown the cues after the study, participants did not recall having seen any of them before.
Brain scans of participants showed that the cues did not activate the brain's main processing centers, but rather the striatum, which is presumed to employ machine-learning algorithms to solve problems.
"I think everyone more or less agrees that the striatum is very important for learning and given its primitive structure, it's probably machine type learning," said said Chris Frith, a University of College
London psychologist and co-author of the Neuron paper.
The evidence suggests that the striatum is the seat of the brain's "gut instinct." But Pessiglione, the neuroscientist, said that his earlier work suggested that conscious thought still played a very important in decision-making. (After all, the striatum was only right about two-thirds of the time.)
"When you become aware of the associations between the cues and the outcomes, you amplify the phenomenon," Pessiglione said. "You make better choices."

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How to Select the Best Trucker Classes near Flagstaff Arizona
Congrats on your decision to become a trucker and enroll in a trucking school near Flagstaff AZ. Perhaps it has always been your ambition to hit the open highway while driving a huge tractor trailer. Or maybe you have conducted some research and have found that a career as a truck driver offers excellent wages and flexible job prospects. Regardless of what your reason is, it's imperative to obtain the appropriate training by selecting the right CDL school in your area. When assessing your options, there are various factors that you'll need to think about prior to making your ultimate choice. Location will undoubtedly be an issue, particularly if you need to commute from your Flagstaff residence. The cost will also be of importance, but picking a school based exclusively on price is not the optimal means to ensure you'll receive the appropriate training. Just remember, your objective is to master the skills and knowledge that will enable you to pass the CDL exams and become a professional truck driver. So keeping that target in mind, just how do you choose a truck driving school? That is what we are going to discuss in the rest of this article. But first, we are going to talk a little bit about which CDL license you will ultimately need.
Which Commercial Drivers License Will You Require?
In order to drive commercial vehicles lawfully within Flagstaff AZ and throughout the United States, an operator needs to get a CDL (Commercial Driver's License). The 3 classes of licenses that one can apply for are Class A, Class B and Class C. Since the topic of this article is how to select a truck driver school, we will discuss Class A and B licenses. What distinguishes each class of CDL is the type of vehicle that the driver can operate together with the GVWR (Gross Vehicle Weight Rating) or GCWR (Gross Combination Weight Rating). Below are brief explanations of the two classes.
Class A CDL. A Class A Commercial Drivers License is required to drive any vehicle that has a GCWR of greater than 26,000 lbs., including a towed vehicle of greater than 10,000 lbs. Several of the vehicles that drivers may be able to operate with Class A licenses are:
- Interstate or Intrastate Tractor Trailers
- Trucks with Double or Triple Trailers
- Tanker Trucks
- Livestock Carriers
- Class B and Class C Vehicles
Class B CDL. A Class B Commercial Drivers License is required to drive single vehicles having a GVWR of greater than 26,000 lbs., or a GCWR of more than 26,000 lbs. including a towed vehicle weighing up to 10,000 lbs. Some of the vehicles that operators may be qualified to drive with Class B licenses are:
- Tractor Trailers
- Dump Trucks
- Cement Mixers
- Large Buses
- Class C Vehicles
Both Class A and Class B CDLs might also require endorsements to drive specific types of vehicles, including school or passenger buses. And a Class A license holder, with the appropriate required endorsements, can drive any vehicle that a Class B licensee is authorized to operate.
How to Research a Truck Driver School
When you have decided which CDL you want to pursue, you can start the process of assessing the Flagstaff AZ truck driver schools that you are considering. As previously discussed, location and cost will undoubtedly be your primary considerations. But it can't be stressed enough that they must not be your sole considerations. Other factors, including the reputations of the schools or the experience of the instructors are similarly if not more important. So below are some additional points that you need to research while carrying out your due diligence before enrolling in, and especially paying for, your truck driver training.
Are the Schools Certified or Accredited ? Not many truck driver schools in the Flagstaff AZ area are accredited due to the rigorous process and expense to the schools. However, certification is more commonplace and is offered by the Professional Truck Driver Institute (PTDI). A school is not required to become certified, but there are certain advantages. Interested students know that the training will be of the highest caliber, and that they will get plenty of driving time. For example, PTDI calls for 44 hours of real driving time, not simulations or ride-alongs. So if a school's course is certified (the course, not the school is certified), students know that the curriculum and training will fulfill the very high standards set by PTDI.
How Long in Operation? One indicator to help measure the quality of a truck driving school is how long it has been in operation. A negatively reviewed or a fly by night school normally will not be in business very long, so longevity is a plus. Having said that, even the best of Flagstaff AZ schools had to begin from their opening day of training, so consider it as one of multiple qualifications. You can also find out what the school's history is pertaining to successful licensing and employment of its graduating students. If a school won't supply those stats, search elsewhere. The schools should also have associations with local and national trucking firms. Having numerous contacts not only points to a superior reputation within the industry, but also bolsters their job assistance program for graduates. It also wouldn't hurt to get in touch with the Arizona licensing authority to verify that the CDL trucker schools you are researching are in compliance.
How Good is the Training? As a minimum requirement, the schools should be licensed in Arizona and employ instructors that are trained and experienced. We will talk more about the instructors in the next segment. Also, the student to instructor proportion should be no greater than 4 to 1. If it's any greater, then students will not be obtaining the personal instruction they will need. This is especially true concerning the one-on-one instruction for behind the wheel training. And be critical of any school that insists it can teach you to drive trucks in a relatively short time frame. Training to be an operator and to drive a tractor trailer skillfully requires time. Most Flagstaff AZ schools offer training courses that run from 3 weeks to as long as 2 months, based on the license class or kind of vehicle.
How Experienced are the Trainers? As earlier mentioned, it's important that the teachers are trained to teach driving methods and experienced as both drivers and instructors. Although several states have minimum driving time criteria to qualify as an instructor, the more successful driving experience a teacher has the better. It's also crucial that the instructors keep current with industry advancements or any new laws or changes in regulations. Assessing instructors might be a little more subjective than other criteria, and possibly the ideal approach is to check out the school and speak with the instructors face to face. You can also talk to some of the students going through the training and ask if they are satisfied with the level of instruction and the teacher's ability to train them.
How Much Driving Time? Above all else, a good truck driving school will furnish sufficient driving time to its students. After all, isn't that what it's all about? Driving time is the real time spent behind the wheel operating a truck. Even though the use of simulators and ride-a-longs with other students are essential training methods, they are no substitute for real driving. The more training that a student receives behind the wheel, the better driver he or she will be. Although driving time varies among schools, a reasonable standard is 32 hours at a minimum. If the school is PTDI certified, it will furnish a minimum of 44 hours of driving time. Check with the Flagstaff AZ schools you are looking at and find out how much driving time they furnish.
Are they Independent or Captive ? You can obtain free or discounted training from a number of truck driving schools if you enter into an agreement to be a driver for a specified carrier for a defined amount of time. This is referred to as contract training, and the schools that provide it are called captives. So rather than having affiliations with many different trucking lines that they can refer their students to, captives only refer to one company. The tradeoff is receiving less expensive or even free training by surrendering the freedom to initially work wherever you choose. Clearly contract training has the potential to restrict your income opportunities when starting out. But for many it may be the only way to get affordable training. Just be sure to inquire if the Flagstaff AZ schools you are looking at are captive or independent so that you can make an informed decision.
Provide CDL Testing Onsite? There are a number of states that will permit third party CDL testing onsite of truck driver schools for its grads. If onsite testing is available in Arizona, find out if the schools you are reviewing are DMV certified to provide it. One advantage is that it is more convenient than contending with graduates from other schools for test times at Arizona testing centers. It is also an indicator that the DMV views the approved schools to be of a superior quality.
Are the Class Times Flexible? As previously mentioned, truck driver training is just 1 to 2 months long. With such a short duration, it's important that the Flagstaff AZ school you choose offers flexibility for both the curriculum and the scheduling of classes. As an example, if you're having a hard time learning a certain driving maneuver, then the teacher should be willing to dedicate more time with you until you have it mastered. And if you're still holding a job while attending training, then the class scheduling must be flexible enough to accommodate working hours or other responsibilities.
Is Job Placement Provided? The moment you have attained your CDL license after graduating from truck driving school, you will be anxious to start your new profession. Confirm that the schools you are looking at have job placement programs. Find out what their job placement percentage is and what average salary their graduates start at. Also, find out which local and national trucking firms their graduates are referred to for employment. If a school has a poor job placement rate or few Flagstaff AZ employers recruiting their grads, it might be a clue to look elsewhere.
Is Financial Aid Available? Truck driving schools are much like colleges and other Flagstaff AZ area vocational or trade schools when it comes to loans and other forms of financial aid being available. Ask if the schools you are examining have a financial aid department, or at least someone who can help you get through the options and forms that need to be submitted.
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Picking the appropriate trucking school is a critical first step to launching your new occupation as a local or long distance truck driver. The skill sets taught at school will be those that shape a new career behind the wheel. There are many options available and understanding them is crucial to a new driver's success. However, you must get the proper training in order to drive a large commercial vehicle in a safe and professional fashion. If you are lacking money or financing, you might want to think about a captive school. You will pay a lower or even no tuition by agreeing to drive for their contracted carrier. Or you can enroll in an independent truck driving school and have the option of driving for the trucking company of your choice, or one of several associated with the school. It's your choice. But no matter how you get your training, you will in the near future be entering an industry that helps America move as a professional trucker in Flagstaff Arizona.


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Amid fears the world has courtesy of covid-19, the oppressive nation of North Korea seems not to be bothered by the pandemic.
Chairman Kim Jong Un on Sunday cared less what the world thinks of it. Under his watch the totalitarian regime launched two short range ballistic missiles which flew from Wonsan into the waters between Korean peninsula and Japan.
While other nations are castigating DPRK for their inappropriate action at a time when the world is battling coronavirus, supreme leader Un doesn't give a rat's ass what other folks outside his territory think.
Some experts say that Kim's fearless act of firing the missiles was meant to show that he's in control notwithstanding sanctions led by US.
In a state-run newspaper Rodong Sinmun, DPRK proudly claims that no cases of covid-19 has been detected within its borders. In fact it's praising its scientists for massive tests carried out on suspected individuals which have turned out negative. The State media is depicting outside leaders as retarded snakes with brains the size of chicken clit while painting their ruler as a short guy with brain the size of 10 supercomputers.
Well, other nations are not buying this claim of zero covid-19 case given the ravaged public health systems and given that North's neighbors have confirmed cases.
It's being said that the no nonsense government lacks medical supplies to combat an outbreak.
It could be possible that reported and confirmed cases of covid-19 is a top state secret held tightly by Kim Jong Un and his loyal doctor servants. Any leak of these secrets would invite firing squads and no one is ready to take a chance with it given the type of military execution that would follow.
Maybe there are no tests conclusively being carried out hence the zero covid-19 cases.
The reported cases from the coronavirus pandemic has surpassed 1 million, over 210,000 have recovered.
Coronavirus has killed over 50,000; over 30,000 are currently critically ill.
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5 Qualities Of A Good Construction Companies
You've definitely had your fair share of building or remodelling jobs as a homeowner or business property owner. You probably have a solid idea of the characteristics and qualities you want from the firm you hire for the task, whether it's for commercial or residential projects.
Every construction firm is unique, but the finest construction companies share a few characteristics that set them apart from the competition. The best contractors outperform the competition in terms of professionalism, efficiency, and experience.
- Smooth Communication
The ability of a good construction company to communicate effectively is one of its defining characteristics. Your contractor should promptly react to your inquiries and send a representative to your location as soon as feasible following the initial contact.
The mode of communication is also crucial. Modern contractors can be reached by electronic modes of contact, as well as in person and over the phone. Timely responses to email and text enquiries are feasible thanks to the usage of current project management software with built-in email functionality.
- License and Insurance
The structural engineering contractors must be licensed and insured. The greatest contractors make their firm legitimate by abiding by all local and state rules.
They obtain permits when they are needed, are conversant with local building codes, and strictly adhere to them. A licensed contractor must also have insurance to safeguard customers from problems that may arise on the job.
- Relationship with Building Inspectors
The most experienced contractors make inspections easier, speeding up the construction process. Inspections that are simple and quick save time and money. This time and money savings are always passed on to the client, who benefits from a smoother (less tumultuous) construction process.
It's difficult to judge a construction contractor's relationship with building inspectors until you speak with local building inspectors. Many of them will speak with customers who ask about their experiences with a certain contractor. To contact the inspectors in your area, contact your local permitting office.
- Extensive Experience
It is important to have prior experience. Contractors gain experience on the job. Over time, the most experienced contractors have improved their systems to reduce errors and provide a positive customer experience. Contractor experience can be measured in a variety of ways.
While most long-term contractors will tell you how many years they've been on the job, you can also get a sense of their experience by looking at their portfolio or calling their references. For practically any type of project, established structural engineering contractors in Melbourne will have years of images and references.
- Track Record
Checking references (who should be able to speak to the quality of the construction) and looking at the contractor's portfolio are two straightforward ways to determine the contractor's quality of work.
Before signing a contract, always request to see images of the contractor's work. Viewing the previous work of construction companies can reveal a lot about their style and help you visualize what your finished project will look like.


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One day, Ray Comfort actually ran into Arnold Schwarzenegger. Arnie told him just one word, and that one word has stuck with him to this day in a good way: a way that has permanently reminded him of one important principle in evangelism. Ray shares this story and then shows an evangelism encounter where he applies this very principle.
The Bible tells us that there's three ways to make God not hear our prayers. Ray Comfort address these three things, and then shares the gospel with two people who end up listening well to the message of the Bible.
There's one big problem that many Christians seem to have in their life that prevents them from receiving the spiritual prosperity that the Lord wants them to have. Chances are, this problem is affecting you, too. Ray discusses the key to thriving as a believer and then shares the gospel with a m...
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Ambassador visited Wolaita Sodo University and met the President of the University. They discussed possible areas of collaboration including with Indian universities and Government of India scholarships. Earlier, Ambassador met the Indian faculty at the University and encouraged them to undertake outreach initiatives for the benefit of local communities in and around Wolaita Sodo.
Ambassador interacted with the students and spoke about the relations between Ethiopia and India. He also encouraged the students to avail scholarships provided by the Government of India (ICCR and Ministry of Education's Study in India initiative) and by various Indian universities.


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If you love developing hard games but aren't a good player yourself, you have a challenge ahead.
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Last week, while working on a game, I noticed that I could not beat my own levels anymore. I wanted to reach the final boss, so to speak, and that single thingy took me longer than I'd be happy to admit. It might be the age, or that the game is simply too hard.
So I started looking for different ways to save time. As always, cheating was an option. I also thought of making a special, shorter version of my gameplay to avoid playing through the same hard spots every single time. After all, I just wanted to test the final boss!
As you know, there are many ways of approaching this. But, in my case, I came up with an alternative approach that ended up being surprisingly useful. This strategy helped me shortening the testing times of my games plus cutting the design iteration times.
If you are a programmer or designer, this article will give you insight into a second approach for handling these challenges. If you have any other role, well, share this article with the right person.
To present the use case, I looked for an open-source game on GitHub. And so I found a cute little game called Popcorn that I borrowed from TheAislan (full credits to him!). It's a basic 2d platform game that features simple 2d physics mechanics, perfect for our use case. Check the screenshot above, isn't it adorable?
I'll start off by telling you how I used to deal with testing...
Level 1 Developer: The (Infamous) Grind
Level 1 Unity Developer: The Grind
A decade ago, grinding was my preferred way of working (oh dear). All the testing I did was manual, and it was all fun.
Then, weeks passed and the game got more and more complex. I started growing frustrated, since now playing every time took me almost 20 minutes. Tweaking the final boss scene transformed from being a pleasant moment to sucking all my mana and burning the entire QA's yearly budget.
Something had to be done, and so I searched for solutions.
One workaround was to split each level in multiple, even finer sub-levels. That way, we could just load the specific sub-level we want to test. This solution might work well for games whose level areas are highly independent of each other, such as platform games. This has some overhead on the programmer when it comes to scene management, but it's quite alright.
Another possibility is to add custom in-game panels or UI inspectors to enabling cheating and special actions. Those could allow the developer to skip certain parts, increase stats or just disable annoying ads. These work just well, but some time has to be spent on preparing and maintaining the front-end.
And here comes the classic: a configuration file to be loaded in run-time. That sneaky file can be used to choose which features or cheats to enable. That may look like below:
"GodMode": true,
"AllLevelsUnlocked": true,
"Gold": 500,
"SkipAds": true,
"UnlimitedTime": true
You can load such a configuration file through a C# script like below:
public class Cheats
public bool GodMode;
public bool AllLevelsUnlocked;
public int Gold;
public bool UnlimitedTime;
var cheats = JsonUtility.FromJson(File.ReadAllText(Path.Combine(Application.persistentDataPath, "cheats.txt")));
player.Gold = cheats.Gold;
Of course, make sure not to enable that feature in release versions
These options have one common problem: we have to pre-define what is possible in advance. We get what we programmed; we don't get what we didn't.
That can quickly become a time sink:
During testing, we decide we need X. Therefore, we stop playing and wait for a programmer to implement X.
We then replay till that point and perform X, only to realize we actually wanted to do Y.
In some situations, we could clearly profit from having more flexibility.
So I asked myself: can we do better?
- Designing requires fast iteration times
- Cheating is a powerful time-saver
- Tools: UI, custom short levels, config files
Level 2 Unity Developer: the Unity Immediate Window Package
You and I want to shorten our iteration times. We want to avoid pressing the stop button as often as we can.
What if we could invoke whichever behavior we wished for during run-time? How less frustrated would you be if you didn't have to start a new play iteration so often?
We want to stop depending on pre-defined behavior. The bribery cookies we offer to our colleague the programmer are getting way too expensive.
It's our lucky day. It turns out that Unity released a package called Immediate Window. That sneaky beast of a package gives you just that: it allows you to run your DIY C# code in run-time.
This might sound a bit too abstract. The benefits might be hidden. But trust me on this:
Unity Immediate Window will cut your iteration times SIGNIFICANTLY (if used correctly ™)
Remember that I wanted some kind of fast-forward feature to reach the final boss faster? That's exactly what we're gonna do just now using Unity Immediate Window.
What we are going to do is to implement Automated Playtests. In other words: in this blog post we are making the machine play for us. No more human mistakes made. And not only that, we wanted to save time, so we will do that at 2x the speed!
Here comes a very quick section on how to install this Unity Immediate Window Package. If you're a pro, skip it.
A. Unity Immediate Window Installation
The first step is to add the Unity Immediate Window package from Window â–º Package Manager. There, just search for Immediate Window and install it.
I take you are using some sort of Version Control, so remember to keep track of the changes made in the Packages/manifest.json file.
Level 2 Developer: Unity Immediate Window Installation
Once installed, you can easily open your new Unity Immediate Window panel by navigating to Window â–º Analysis â–º Immediate Window.
That's all to it, really.
How do you feel about a quick guided tour on this new toy? Let's get started.
B. Unity Immediate Window Overview
Level 2 Developer: Unity Immediate Window Overview
In the above capture, you see the main and only existing window in Unity Immediate.
The pink-highlighted area is the input command window. This is your bread-and-butter section where you and I enter commands just like we would in a C# script. Only that we will do it in run-time (while playing in the editor). Note that the C# syntax has been slightly simplified; for instance, typing C.Player in this project will let you see the contents of that variable in the output log. No need for Log, no need for a semicolon.
In the yellow section, we see what we call the object inspector section. Here, you'll be able to inspect the contents of in-game objects and variables. You may expand the JSON-like view by clicking the arrow located on the left, as seen below.
Level 2 Developer: Unity Immediate Window - Object Inspection
Finally, the blue highlighted area lists the registered assemblies. You might find it helpful to explore the available types, especially their static properties. An example is shown below, where we inspect the global gravity property.
Level 2 Developer: Unity Immediate Window - Assembly Inspector
C. Unity Immediate Window: The Art of Making Cheats
Now that I gave you a brief theoretical grasp on the Unity Immediate Window, let's apply it to our case. This is based on the Unity Immediate Level 2 GitHub repository (see below) with Unity 2019.2.X.
Download the project in ZIP format directly from GitHub
Or alternatively, visit the GitHub Repository
Coming back to our cutie, we wanted to be able to fast-forward to the final boss without dying in the process. So...
If you cannot beat the house, do some sneaky cheating
Here's my first suggestion for you: create a static class that wraps the functionality you want to invoke. That way, all developers have centralized access to all functionality and you don't have to memorize as much. Let me announce our lucky winner! It is...
public static class C { public static Player Player { get { return Player.Instance;} } public static string GodMode { get { return string.Format($"Godmode: {Player.Instance.godMode = !Player.Instance.godMode}");} } public static float TimeScale { get { return Time.timeScale; } set { Time.timeScale = value; } } public static float Gravity { get { return Player.Instance.rb.gravityScale; } set { Player.Instance.rb.gravityScale = value; } } public static void Win() { Player.Instance.Win(); } }
Is it redundant? Yes.
Is it helpful? Yes.
If you don't like it, don't keep it.
Line 1 declares a static class with a mysterious name of C. This can be thought of Cheat, CVar (Console Variable), Cockatrice or whatever meaning you'd like to give it. A single letter keeps it easy for people to remember it.
Lines 3-6 define a static shortcut property to allow quick inspection and acting on the Player class. As you saw in the previous images, we only had to type C.Player to inspect its contents.
Lines 8-11 offer an interesting way of toggling the God Mode cheat on or off. Instead of typing C.GodMode = true, it'll be enough to type C.GodMode so switch between modes. This syntax is less verbose for the developers using the Unity Immediate Window.
Lines 13-17 allows you to change the Time.timeScale of your game. This will become handy if you are doing automated tests or want to increase the speed of your iterations, as you will see later. The same is done for the global Gravity property.
Lines 25-28 will give you the option to type C.Win() in the Unity Immediate Window to trigger an instant win in the scenario.
Play the game. Open the Unity Immediate Window. Type any of the commands previously mentioned.
Now you can beat any game
Cheating alone will save you only so much time. You still have to play manually. And THAT SUCKS.
Can we do better? Aw yes!
- Unity Immediate lets you run DIY code in run-time
- Avoiding Play-Stop-Play Combos is key to saving frustration
- Use a centralized helper file to ease typing Unity Immediate commands
D. Unity Immediate Window: The Art of Automating Playthroughs
I initially confessed you the difficulty we had in repeatedly testing scenarios from start to finish. It was prone to errors, to game overs and we were spending way too much time.
And yet, I have seen this so often in so many projects.
Having a QA department is not an excuse for making their lives harder! I live in Amsterdam and I definitely tell you I've seen increased weed consumption as game levels increased in complexity.
Avoid frustration from everyone and as often as you can
The idea here is simple: we want the machine to play for us. The freed time can now be spent profiling (while playing), debugging or eating the bribery cookies artists and designers gave us.
In this project, we have a limited amount of input: arrow keys and jump key. This will make things easier for us, programmers.
We'll start by extending our well-named class C to add basic gameplay functionality to it:
public static class C
// ...
public static Coroutine Execute(IEnumerator function)
return Player.Instance.StartCoroutine(function);
public static Coroutine Move(float direction, float duration)
return Player.Instance.StartCoroutine(Move_Internal(direction, duration));
public static Coroutine Jump(float direction, float force = 0)
if (Mathf.Approximately(force, 0f)) force = Player.Instance.jumpForce;
return Player.Instance.StartCoroutine(Jump_Internal(direction, force));
public static IEnumerator Move_Internal(float direction, float duration)
Debug.Log($"[C] Dashing in direction {direction} for {duration} seconds");
var startTime = Time.time;
yield return new WaitUntil(() =>
return Time.time - startTime > duration;
Debug.Log($"[C] Dash finished");
private static IEnumerator Jump_Internal(float direction, float force)
var groundLayer = LayerMask.GetMask("Ground");
var player = Player.Instance;
Debug.Log($"[C] Jumping with force {force}");
var time0 = Time.time;
yield return new WaitUntil(() =>
float raycastDistance = 0.8f;
var hit = Physics2D.Raycast(player.rb.position, Vector2.down, raycastDistance, groundLayer);
var onPlatform = (hit.collider != null && hit.collider.CompareTag("Platform"));
return (Time.time - time0 > 0.2f) && onPlatform;
Debug.Log($"[C] Jump finished");
Disclaimer: for this article, I probably care less than you do about how pretty the code looks like. The point is to get my message across.
Lines 4-7 adds the possibility of invoking C.Execute() from the Unity Immediate Window, passing it a coroutine containing a sequence of code for asynchronous execution. Neat!
Lines 9-12 and lines 20-30 gives us the chance to move the character to the left (-1) or right (1) for a specific amount of seconds. We can wait on this move to finish before proceeding further in our script.
Lines 14-18 and lines 32-50 do the actual jumping. Similarly to moving, this accepts a weighted direction (negative means left, positive means right). Duration is implicit, as this function will return only when the floor is reached, which is cool. A slight delay of 0.2s was added to prevent the raycasting from activating too soon.
Let's put all of this together into something useful. We are going to create our first automated playthrough script for the Unity Immediate Window. Finally, we will be able to keep our hands free for whatever we want while this test runs!
Switch to multi-line input (one of the top-right buttons) and hide the bulky assembly window.
Are you ready?
Give this a brief read, and then copy it in the input section of the Unity Immediate Window:
IEnumerator SkipToFinalJump()
// Fast-forward till the final jump section
Time.timeScale = 2f;
yield return new WaitForSeconds(3);
yield return C.Move(1, 1);
yield return C.Jump(1); // Onto first platform
yield return C.Jump(0.5F); // Onto second platform
yield return C.Jump(0.7F); // Onto third platform
yield return C.Move(1, 1);
yield return C.Jump(1); // Over flame
yield return C.Move(1, 1.75f);
yield return C.Move(-1, 0.75f); // Descend to second platform.
yield return C.Move(1, 0.65f); // Descend to ground level.
yield return C.Jump(1); // First sugar block
yield return C.Move(1, 0.5f);
yield return C.Jump(1.0f); // Stomp over enemy head
yield return C.Jump(0.8f); // Stomp over second enemy head!
yield return C.Jump(0.8f); // Second batch of stacked sugar cubes
yield return C.Move(1, 1.0f); // Approach edge of next platform area
// Testing the final jump section
Time.timeScale = 1f;
C.Gravity = 0.3f; // Let's cheat a bit
yield return C.Jump(0.3f); // Super high jump to a new platform
C.Gravity = 1.5f; // Nothing happened here
yield return C.Move(1, 2.5f); // Walk into...
// ScenesManager.Instance.CallNextScene(); // Wanna go back?
What you and I are doing here is to create an asynchronous coroutine that will perform a series of gameplay steps. Moving and jumping are our foundation building blocks for this game, so we want to time them well, one after another.
Since your and my time are valuable, we will increase the time scale during the initial stage of the game and slow it down back to a normal pace when we reach the middle stage we are working on. It could be the final boss.
No more waiting. Start the game, type in the playthrough script and press the Unity Immediate's execute button!
Level 2 Developer: Unity Immediate Window - Playthrough Automation
I love it.
Now that you created a functional playthrough script, make it permanent by converting it to a plain C# file. A meaningful name could be PlayMission1.cs.
The point of using Immediate was to prototype our test as we played, avoiding, therefore, our stop-compile-play iteration times.
Now that we have a playthrough test in place...
- Find out areas where you are spending a lot of time on
- Automate some tasks to free up some of your time
- Repeat
Level 3 Unity Developer (Unity Immediate): Sample Output Table
Level 3 Unity Developer: Extended Playthroughs
One of my all-time favorites with Unity Immediate is just this: to quickly prototype your playthrough scripts. Then, you make those permanent and enjoy the results over and over again.
However, by reading on this, you'll probably have realized the possibilities that Unity Immediate offers you.
Can you guess what is the next level after automated playtests?
Since we already have a playthrough script in place, wouldn't it be GREAT to extend it so we record useful data useful for further analysis?
What kind of data?
I'll start with performance metrics. But that's not the end, nor the middle.
For my game, I want to record gameplay metrics too! Gathering stats such as remaining health, energy level, remaining monsters, ship status and so on at all points during our game is EXTREMELY useful.
How happy will you make your designers by giving them access to these stats automatically?
Imagine how easy is now to tweak difficulty levels, for instance.
Even better, this is not an exclusive feature of automated playtests. The point is to gather this data in the background from real human players! And then, you bring this information to the front-end of your designers.
Answer me this question: how many negative reviews will you avoid if you had access to accurate data at every point during your playtests?
Level 3 Top Game Metrics
1. Time
- What's the time since we started this specific play session?
- Record the variability of the different play styles from your target players.
2. Markers
- What is your player doing right now? Are they in level 3 of our dungeon? Are we in a shop, or fighting a disgruntled boss?
- By analyzing how long it took our friend, the playtester Sir William The Wise, to reach the final boss, we can estimate whether our playing sessions are too long/short for the general public.
- Casual games should have relatively short play cycles, for instance. You'll want to make sure of this when analyzing your data to get your well-deserved money.
3. Gameplay variables
- How many remaining enemies are there now? What is the player's score at the beginning, middle, and end of the game?
- What is the time left at this point? Is the player progressing as fast as we expect? Maybe the initial section is too hard.
- How many lives does our player Tobbi have at level 8 of our dungeon?
If your players nearly die when you open that door, add a terrifying Sound FX to scare the shit out of your players.
Create memorable moments to receive memorable reviews
4. Performance metrics.
Prevent your players from flipping a table when they start lagging at a final boss.
- At this point in the game, what's our average FPS and consumed memory? Respect the specified minimum system requirements!
- What's the vertex and poly count in the current player's view?
Did I mention you can export this as CSV files? Now we are talking business. Do your numbers in Excel any time you want. Apply all the fancy math we all learned but forgot in school. Find boring areas, tweak them.
You see, I learned the Importance of Analytics in games after years of programming casual games with over 30 million players. You do not get this data back ever if you didn't give a shit about it. It's gone for good. Finito.
Do not skip this chance to make intelligent decisions in your game.
Here, I am offering you a system to record all the data you need to make your game GREAT. And once you gathered your stats, take action by applying the Strategies I also send you.
> Get it now, regret it never <
In this article, I gave you one of the latest tricks I discovered in Unity.
The Unity Immediate Window package allows you to run C# scripts in run-time, which effectively cuts your iteration times during prototyping phases.
You saw some of the possibilities of Unity Immediate. The main take-away of this entry was to create automated playtests that you would later extend to collect gameplay data. Afterward, you will use this precious information to make intelligent decisions about your game, tweak your gameplay and optimize it.
As you might have noticed, the release rate of new packages is steadily increasing. It's so easy to miss packages! But that's no problem, that's why I'm here.
I am here to remind you of things you don't want to miss out on. So make sure to subscribe to stay up to date in the industry.
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"He was my whole world" — Port Arthur teen who died in wreck had beaten cancer, was starting college
Published 12:32 am Tuesday, August 17, 2021
Adrian Castellanos beat cancer twice as a young child.
But it was a car crash that ended his life a week shy of his 18th birthday.
Sonia Barragan, Castellanos' mother, called him her whole world.
Castellanos was on his way home from work at Seoul Food restaurant Friday night when his vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree in the 3700 block of Memorial Boulevard. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
It was the first time he had driven his car to and from work.
Barragan showed numerous photos of her son, many depicting the two of them together smiling and happy.
Several photos of Castellanos were on a table in the living room near two lit candles. A wall held memories of the two — Barragan holding her then infant son, baby photos of Castellanos and his infant footprints in plaster. Underneath was a sign — "you are my sunshine."
Jesus Acosta, Ph.D, director of Bob Hope High School where Castellanos graduated from earlier this year, said Castellanos was a great kid.
"Adrian was one of those kids that stood out," Acosta said. "He was friendly."
In late June, Acosta and his wife stopped at Seoul Food restaurant, where Castellanos greeted them.
"He was so knowledgeable and so confident in his speech, I was impressed," Acosta said.
Castellanos even ran for prom king, campaigning to the student body his senior year. And while he didn't earn the title, it showed a different side of the student.
Acosta said staff met Monday and discussed Castellanos.
"We all had a cry," he said, adding the staff shared stories of him and offered prayer together.
Acosta and representatives of Bob Hope school visited Barragan at her home offering condolences, while also sharing some of the stories of her son with her.
The start of a bright future
Castellanos was a student at Lamar State College Port Arthur and was set to take his finals next week for the summer semester. He was supposed to begin the fall semester later this month.
But this was just the beginning of his post-high school education. His mom said he had been accepted to a number of colleges: Texas Tech, West Texas A&M and the University of North Texas to name a few.
"He was accepted to so many but they were all so far away so I told him, 'Wherever you want to go I'm going to support you.' I just wanted him to follow his dreams."
Barragan laughed as she added, "and he didn't chose a single one of those."
A few weeks before graduation she and her son visited Texas A&M in Galveston, a choice they hadn't thought of before. So they went for the weekend, visited the campus and both loved it.
Her voice became soft, almost a whisper, as she said he was going to be certified to scuba dive and study dolphins and whales.
"He was so looking forward to that. He said that's where he wanted to go. He said he wanted to go to Galveston," she said. "We hadn't applied. We were supposed to."
Instead he registered for and took online courses at LSCPA.
She has since logged into his computer and saw he was maintaining high grades.
Castellanos and his cousin Abygail Anaya were close and often played video games together. She called him a very caring and understanding person who could be very outgoing.
Barragan remembered how much Castellanos loved his video games.
"At night I'd be in bed and I'd have to close my door because I'd hear him online playing with his friends yelling and laughing," she said. "I'd get so mad because I was so tired but now what I wouldn't do to hear that again. That was his thing, video games with his friends and going to the movies."
Feeding his 'Seoul'
Barragan said her son didn't work while in high school and had only been employed since April when the restaurant opened.
During school she wanted him to focus on his education, she said. Later she decided she wanted him to grow because, through working, he would have a customer service background and be more experienced in professional communication.
He applied and was hired on the spot, she said.
"He loved that job," she said with a smile.
She remembered picking him up as he got his last paycheck and seeing his excitement.
"He said mom, this is the biggest check I've ever gotten," she said. "I said, "How much is it?" He said, 'It's like almost $400.' I laughed and said, 'Good for you.'"
Tony Nguyen, owner of Seoul Food restaurant, notified customers via Facebook of the loss of their employee:
"Good afternoon friends and family. Please pray for our SEOUL FOOD family. Last night one of our team members was driving home from work and got into a fatal accident. Please keep his family and friends in your prayers. I'm still in shock as I woke up this morning to the news."
'…And now he's at the morgue'
Castellanos was fairly new at driving. Knowing that was the first time he'd driven to work, his mom knew his shift ended at 10:30 p.m. Barragan has an app on her phone called Life 360, which has a GPS feature. The notation on her phone wasn't moving at that time so she knew he was still at work. And she didn't want to text him while he was driving.
"He knew very well not to use his phone (while driving) and he had his phone in his pocket so I knew he wasn't using it," she said.
So she texted asking him to let her know when he left work, but he didn't answer. She asked him to drive home safely and watch before merging or changing lanes, she said as she scrolled through her phone reading.
"And I never got a text back so that's when I opened this Life 360 so I would be able to see where he's at," she said as her voice dropped to a whisper while sobbing. She paused before she finished speaking…"And now he's at the morgue."
Honoring his memory
Thursday is the first day of classes for the students at Bob Hope High School. Acosta said there will be counselors available for students when they learn of Castellanos' death.
A vigil is planned for 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the school soccer fields. Barragan will be there, he said, and her son's friends will be there to tell stories about him to honor his memory.
In addition, a bench will be added to the picnic area where students eat lunch that will have Castellanos' name as well as the names of other students who have passed away, Acosta said.
The grieving mother said she wants the community to know how much it means to her to hear all of the wonderful stories of her son.
"The wonderful stories of my boy and of all the love and prayers," she said. "It will never take away the pain but I will always be grateful. He was my whole world. My only one."


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GENESEE COUNTY – Tractor Supply Company, in partnership with the National 4-H Council, recently announced the fundraising results of its fall 2014 Paper Clover Campaign.
Tractor Supply Company, the largest retail farm and ranch supply store chain in the United States, raised an astounding $763,283 during the 10-day national in-store fundraiser.
With the more than $1.5 million raised during the 2014 spring and fall campaigns, Tractor Supply has now raised nearly $6.5 million for 4-H programs across the country through the Paper Clover Campaigns in just over four years.
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Asparagus: Steady, cheap
Avocados: Up again. Volume tightening
Bananas: Up, Escalating market
Broccoli: Up
Cauliflower: Up
Celery: Steady
Corn: Finally easing a bit.
Cucumbers: Steady
Grapes: Steady
Lemons: Up $1
Lettuce: Steady
Limes: Up significantly
Melons: Steady
Onions: Steady
Peppers: Steady
Potatoes: Steady
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The King Cake is a recipe dating back centuries and a reference to the three wise men visiting the infant Jesus Christ. But, as always, along with a fava bean, the chefs at Guyutes — Matt Pryor and Jarrod Friedel — have hidden something else entirely inside their version.
"For this month, we're gonna run something kind of like a Christmas-themed dessert," Pryor said. "It's a French dessert called galette des rois, which is a three kings cake. And it's usually actually centered around the sixth of January because the sixth of January is considered the day that the three kings actually showed up to see, to meet Jesus."
A fancy name doesn't necessarily mean a complex recipe or lengthy bake. Creating the infused "budder" aside, the King Cake takes only about an hour to prep and cook.
Pryor recommends taking a 9-inch pan and tracing around it through the puff pastry dough with a sharp paring knife if you want a circular cake, but the shape is irrelevant.
"Some people like to do it in a rectangle or, if you want to go smaller into individual portions, you can also use like the size of a measuring cup on the bottom and just make mini versions of them," he said.
"It actually works out perfectly compared to what I expected out of it. I was kind of worried," Pryor said.
Gallet des rois
Almond cream filling:
1/2 cup almond meal
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
3 tablespoons infused butter, softened
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
17 ounces puff pastry, thawed
1 large egg, beaten
2 tablespoons confectioners sugar
1 dried fava bean (optional)
Combine almond meal, sugar, egg, softened butter, vanilla extract, and flour in the bowl of a food processor.
Blend to a smooth, creamy paste. Feel free to make this cream a few days in advance, then refrigerate in an airtight container.
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Roll out sheets of puff pastry and cut out 2 (11-inch) circles. Place the first disc on the prepared baking sheet and spread an even layer of almond cream, leaving a one-inch border around the edges.
If you wish to include a fava bean, you can do so at this point. Simply nestle it in the almond cream.
Place a second puff pastry disc on top of filling, and crimp edges with a fork to seal the cake.
Using a sharp knife, score a decorative pattern into the top layer of pastry without cutting through to almond filling. Brush galette with beaten egg (this will create a golden crust).
Bake cake for 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and dust the cake with powdered sugar.
Return to the oven and bake for an additional 10 to 12 minutes, until the puff pastry becomes a deep golden brown. Allow the cake to cool for 20 minutes.
Budder recipe:
Set a double-boiler pot to medium heat
Add two sticks of butter to top bowl of double boiler. When butter melts, add decarboxylated cannabis and stir.
Let cannabis infuse melted butter for at least one hour.
Strain melted cannabis butter through a cheesecloth into a sealable container. Strain again if needed.
Dosage information:
28g x 20 percent THC
28g x 200 mg (percentage converted to decimal)
5600 x .088 (decarbing loss)
4928 x .80 (loss in infusion process)
3942.4 mg divided by 4 cups
985.6mg per cup
738.4 mg per ¾ cup
123 mg per serving


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This short report describes three family physicians (FP)-led clinical governance interventions to strengthen the care access and coordination in an urban district hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. The actual experiences and their effects on health services are captured here. The report also describes a range of interventions from enhanced access to timely computer tomographic scans to determine definitive care, to creating a local referral forum between levels of care, which resulted in a renewed appreciation for the scope of services and illness burden managed by the district health system and to the establishment of an onsite echocardiology service at the local district hospital to enhance the identified burden of disease of the local community. Each of these interventions were planned and implemented based on local data in partnership with the team members at the different levels of care. By applying an inclusive and distributed leadership style as informed by care access to scarce resources was better coordinated for the local communities served. The importance of the building trusting relationships between FPs and referral hospital colleagues cannot be overemphasised. Family physicians should be integrated and collaborated in the clinical governance platforms across levels of care. The FP's roles as primary care consultant and clinical governance leader are pivotal in enhancing service delivery efficiency and in providing quality healthcare.
This report from Cape Town, South Africa, describes three examples of how a group of family physicians (FPs) strengthened health services within their sphere of influence, to enhance access to more efficient and appropriate care for their patients. False Bay District Hospital (FBDH) is a public sector, level one hospital situated in Fish Hoek, which is located about 30 km (40-min by road) from the Groote Schuur tertiary referral hospital in the Cape Town centre and serves the Cape Peninsula communities. It has a 76-bed inpatient service, an outpatient service, theatre, a midwife obstetric unit, a 72-h inpatient psychiatric unit, and a 24-h emergency unit. The clinical team consists of two full-time FPs working within a team of medical officers, interns, family medicine registrars (enrolled for postgraduate training in the Division of Family Medicine at the University of Cape Town), rehabilitation and nursing professionals.
Historically, all urgent and semi-urgent computer tomographic (CT) scans from FBDH were performed at Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH). False Bay District Hospital patients would wait for four months to access semi-urgent CT scans. This resulted in a delay in the diagnosis and definitive management of patients with cancer. Local data showed that a quarter of deaths from the FBDH drainage area were because of cancer. In March 2019, Victoria Hospital in Wynberg (VHW), a level 2 referral hospital around 20 km (25-min by road) from FBDH, commissioned a daytime CT radiology service. This additional service helped to decrease the waiting time for FBDH patients to 30 days. However, semi-urgent patients presenting at FBDH appeared to be disadvantaged in accessing a timeous CT scan compared with those presenting at higher levels of care (levels 2 and 3).
A meeting between FBDH, GSH and VHW representatives was held on 20 September 2019 to discuss the appropriateness of district hospital CT bookings without an additional clinical assessment at VHW. There seemed to be an assumption that FBDH clinicians were ordering unnecessary CT scans, as it was suggested that FBDH patients transferred for urgent and semi-urgent CT scans required review by the VHW clinicians to confirm the indication. However, VHW was only open for CT scans until 16:00 on weekdays, which would cause an estimated 30-h delay in urgent patients receiving a CT scan. Furthermore, this approach would increase costs and workload for both the emergency medical transport and VHW services.
The FPs suggested that a FP review of all FBDH CT scan requests would ensure appropriate referrals. In other words: would a FP-governed CT scan booking system be able to decrease the waiting time for patients requiring semi-urgent CT scans?
The FPs conducted a retrospective before and after audit of the referrals for CT scan (
Comparison of the audit carried out at False Bay District Hospital before and after the CT scan governance intervention.
|Audit date
|Before and after intervention comparison
|Waiting time for semi- urgent CT scan appointment
|Total number of patients scanned
|Number of inappropriate CT scan referrals
|Number of CT scan referrals not iscussed with a FP
|30 days
|3 days
CT, computer tomographic; FP, family physician.
The audit showed that the waiting time for CT scans was dramatically reduced, whilst the number of CT scans remained more or less the same and the number of inappropriate requests was also reduced. All CT scan bookings were deemed appropriate (
It was concluded that good clinical governance systems were in place at FBDH and that FPs were well positioned to screen and coordinate special investigation usage, which is in line with the views previously expressed by key South African leaders.
This intervention decreased the administrative and screening burden on the CT radiology service and reassured the referral hospital managers and specialists that the FBDH referrals were appropriate. The presence of FPs enabled a change in access to special investigations that resulted in decreased cost to the system from multiple clinical assessments of the same patient at different levels of care and additional emergency ambulance transport. Most importantly, the new system negated a delay in patients receiving definitive care.
Historically, relationships between different levels of care in the local referral network were strained because of miscommunication and a lack of understanding or appreciation of the FBDH's contextual realities. The prevailing level 2 and 3 impression was that too many patients were referred to the higher levels of care.
The FPs invited the level 2 VHW specialists to a meeting on 08 October 2020, which aimed to strengthen the relationships between the VHW and FBDH teams. At the meeting, the lead FP presented data of acute patient referrals to VHW. In addition, information was presented on the number of patients treated at FBDH and the scope of services, including additional services implemented under the leadership of the FPs (ultrasound, echocardiogram and gastroscopy services). This meeting concluded with a tour of FBDH.
Data from a 2-week audit (17 September 2020 to 01 October 2020) were presented, which showed that 1591 patients were seen at the FBDH emergency centre. Of all acute patients seen in the emergency centre and admitted to FBFH, 48 patients (3% of acute patients seen) required referral to other levels of care (including VHW and GSH). Most patients admitted to FBDH (147 patients; 95%) were managed at the district level. The number of patients referred to VHW was low (17 patients) and these referrals were deemed appropriate (access to resources not available at FBDH, including specialised theatre and high care services).
Status of patients seen and managed at False Bay District Hospital during September 2020 (
During the October 2020 meeting, a referral forum and an ongoing audit of referrals was proposed, in order to strengthen the understanding of the role and scope of the district hospital service.
Victoria Hospital in Wynberg specialists were surprised by the large number of patients managed at FBDH, which helped to challenge their assumption that FBDH clinicians transferred majority of the acute patients to VHW. They were impressed by the sound clinical governance processes in place and that FBDH clinicians were able to manage paediatric and adult patients across all specialities in their wards. The audit illustrated how the presence of FPs in the district hospital reduced the need to refer patients to the next level of care.
In 2017, FPs at FBDH reviewed the annual mortality data between 2015 and 2017 and found that more than a third of deaths (39%) were cardiac in origin. A cross-sectional audit was conducted in the outpatient department during September 2017, which highlighted a significant problem for cardiac patients in accessing definitive care. Referral letters faxed to cardiology for appointments were accessed on the Clinicom (Electronic Clinical Event Manager) system. In total, 27 cardiology referral letters were reviewed. On average, patients waited for 9-months to be informed of their appointment date and 12-months for the actual appointment.
The FPs presented the data to the head of the GSH cardiology service and proposed a new email referral system. The FPs would screen all referrals, which could significantly reduce the number of referrals. The lead FP at FBDH attended a talk on cardiology at the VHW/FBDH clinical forum and communicated the need for an onsite echocardiology service at FBDH. The cardiologist presenter, Dr Tony Lachman, offered to assist the FP with setting up this service, as a way of transferring knowledge, free of charge. The FBDH cardiology clinic consisted of patients seen and screened by the FP. The clinic was attended by the FP and supported by the outreach cardiologist, Dr Lachman.
The clinic has subsequently managed 60 patients per month over the past 2-years. This resource dramatically reduced unnecessary cardiology referrals to VHW and GSH. Appropriate patients were evaluated and managed at the correct level of care within an optimal time frame. Cardiology appointments at GSH were secured within 30-days.
The outreach clinic contributed towards more trusting relationships between the levels of care, which resulted in improving referrals and waiting times, as well as access to services at the district hospital. The lead FP acquired the skill to perform telemedicine-assisted echocardiography, which enabled acute care diagnosis and informed cardiac failure therapy plans at the district hospital.
These three interventions demonstrate clearly how FPs may use their understanding and clinical experience of the local burden of disease, system inequities, as well as available data to advocate for improved patient care access and coordination.
Family physicians are ideally positioned to draw on their system and experiential knowledge to identify service needs. The FP-led innovations described here illustrate that it is possible to enhance access to equitable, efficiently coordinated and quality patient-centred care closer to their patients' homes. This report demonstrates how FPs may realise their leadership and clinical governance roles in a relationship-centred manner. The report also demonstrates the value of employing FPs at district hospitals and whilst this has become the norm in the Western Cape, it is not seen in many other provinces.
The authors would like to thank the False Bay and Cape Town Metro healthcare teams of clinicians, specialists and managers for their support. A special word of thanks to Dr Tony Lachman for his instrumental role in setting up and supporting the False Bay District Hospital (FBDH) cardiology clinic.
The authors declare that they have no financial or personal relationships that may have inappropriately influenced them in writing this article.
L.R. and K.B.v.P. conceptualised the study and wrote the first draft together. H.L. and K.A. contributed towards subsequent drafts. All authors contributed to and approved the final version of the manuscript.
This article followed all ethical standards for research without direct contact with human or animal subjects.
This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analysed in this study.
The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any affiliated agency of the authors, and the publishers.


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What are the benefits of CNC machine control unit?
Advantages of CNC machiningHigher flexibility and repeatability.Reduced indirect costs.Increased productivity.Consistent quantity.Reliable operation.Reduced non-productive time.Higher accuracy.Reduced lead time.
What are the benefits of CNC machines?,How does the CNC technology benefit the industry?
The 7 Advantages of CNC MachiningCNC Machining Produces Little to No Waste.Zero Defects and Greater Accuracy.Faster and Efficient Production.Quicker Assembly.Enhanced Personnel Safety.Reduction in Energy Consumption.CNC Machining Leads to Lower Production Costs.Conclusion. CNC Machines Increase Production Speed And Efficiency CNC machines allow manufacturers to work at a much faster pace while delivering the same high standard of products. Whilst other manufacturing methods require additional resources, CNC machining can do the job without adding to the overheads.
What is the purpose of the machine control unit?,What are the advantages of using the CNC lathe?
The machine control unit (MCU) is a microcomputer that stores the program and executes the commands into actions by the machine tool. The MCU consists of two main units: the data processing unit (DPU) and the control loops unit (CLU).,Advantages of CNC machinesMachining is accurate.Time taken to perform a job is very less.Safe to operate.Number of operators required to operate a machine are reduced.No possibility of human error.Reliable.Even very complex designs can also be made.Low maintenance required.
Why CNC is important in control system?
CNC machinists have access to a number of innovative machining techniques that let them produce even the most complex parts. Because of the accurate capabilities of computer-controlled production, CNC milling supports innovative design with precision products.
What is the advantage and disadvantage of CNC machine?
CNC machines can be used continuously 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and only need to be switched off for occasional maintenance. 2. CNC machines are programmed with a design which can then be manufactured hundreds or even thousands of times. Each manufactured product will be exactly the same.
How many types of CNC controllers are there?
three different-different controllers i.e. FANUC, SINUMERIK, and HEIDENHAIN.
What is DPU in CNC?
Machine Control Unit At the heart of the CNC system is a high value logic control panel consisting of the data processing unit (DPU) and a control loop unit (CLU). The DPU part allows for effective reception and decoding of the programs.
How does a CNC controller work?
A CNC (computer numeric controlled) controller is a type of computer that is used to control machine tools. Machine tools are devices that use power to cut or shape materials such as metal, wood, plastic, or stone. CNC controllers are used to create parts for everything from cars and airplanes to spacecraft and medical implants. The controller uses a set of instructions, called a program, to tell the machine what to do. The program is written in a special language that the controller can understand. The program is stored on the controller's memory, and it can be edited or deleted as needed. When the machine is turned on, the controller reads the program and sends signals to the machine's motors. The motors then move the machine's cutting tools according to the instructions in the program. The process of creating a part with a CNC machine is often referred to as machining.
Which do CNC machines use to control tool motion?
CNC machines rely on a system of three linear and three rotational axes in order to calculate the motion and position of machine components and workpieces. A machine control unit controls and guides the movements of the machine tool.
What are the different types of CNC control units?
CNC machines are can be classified into the following types:CNC laser cutting machine.CNC Lathe Machine.CNC Milling Machine.CNC router Machine.CNC Plasma Cutting Machine.5- axis machine.3-D Printer.Pick and Place Machine.
How many controls are in a CNC machine?
These are: Two-axis control – where the controller guides motion across the X and Y axes. Two and a half axis control – where the controller allows motion across the three axes, but not in the three dimensions. Three-axis control – where the controller facilitates operation along the three dimensions.
What is the control system of CNC machine Mcq?
Based on feedback control the NC/CNC systems are classified as open-loop and closed-loop control systems. Open-loop control system: Machine tool controls in which there is no provision to compare the actual position of the cutting tool or workpiece with input command value, are called open-loop control systems.


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