prog Strong Lifting, High Intensity Interval Training and Intermittent Fasting Program By www.popularfitness.com Published On :: April 12, 2011 About strong lifting, high intensity interval training and intermittent fasting program. Full Article
prog Preparing for First 5K Race - Running Training Program By www.popularfitness.com Published On :: June 20, 2012 A comprehensive running training program article about how to prepare for your first 5K race, run. Full Article
prog 7 Facts About Weight Loss You Should Know Before You Start Any Program By www.popularfitness.com Published On :: May 11, 2017 Factors to consider before starting any weight loss program to successfully lose weight and keep it off. Full Article
prog Mike Rashid Fitness Program By www.popularfitness.com Published On :: January 12, 2019 Fitness legend Mike Rashid's build muscle and build endurance 4 week fitness plan. Full Article
prog Methods for Measuring Your Fitness Progress By www.popularfitness.com Published On :: March 17, 2021 Keep track of your fitness level over time by using various methods to measure your fitness progress. Full Article
prog Ways to Keep Track of Your Fitness Progress By www.popularfitness.com Published On :: May 21, 2022 Techniques that you can use to track your fitness progress and to figure out what is ideal for your body. Full Article
prog Exploring Different Approaches to Medical Weight Loss Programs By www.popularfitness.com Published On :: March 19, 2024 Options to enable you to lose weight and improve your health using medical weight loss procedures, methods that are science-based and custom-made to meet your exact specifications. Full Article
prog Benefits of Mobile Learning Programs for Your Employees By www.corporatetrainingelearningblog.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 18:47:00 -0500 Employee training is a non-negotiable factor in reaching your business goals. An organization cannot grow if its workers aren't growing themselves – and there's no better stimulus for professional development than workplace education. Today's difficult economy motivates many enterprises to cut down on employee training expenses, but they're clearly unaware of the value of employee education to the health of an organization.The National Center of the Educational Quality of the Workforce reveled in a recent study that a 10% increase in workforce education level results in an 8.6% percent gain in total productivity. (http://www.businessknowhow.com/manage/higherprod.htm) This statistic proves that employee productivity is directly connected to the amount of training they receive. Employers who want to grow and efficiently operate their businesses simply must invest in employee training. Fortunately, today's ever-present mobile devices offer many interesting opportunities for flexible and cost-effective worker education. Here are some key benefits of mobile learning for your employees and organization.Employees find it easy to learn on mobileTo put it simply, employees like to use their mobile devices and once they see that learning can be as easy as glancing at a smartphone or tablet in a free minute, they'll be motivated to do it on a regular basis. Mobile learning allows learners to access content from any device and any corner of the world. Some mobile learning apps work in offline, so access to the internet is not even an issue. Mobile learning provides a great user experience and it's definitely user-friendly.Mobile learning delivers key data whenever neededIt's clear that mobile devices are constantly on, connected to the web and within easy reach of employees, helping them to access relevant information at any time. Mobile learning is great for just-in-time (JIT) training – it can be refresher modules on product specifications, pricing details, and other kinds of time-sensitive information. By having all this information at their fingertips, employees can easily boost their performance, improving their decision making processes and ensuring better customer satisfaction. Additionally, mobile learning empowers people – just as stated in the 2012 report Mobile Learning: Driving Business Results by Empowering Employees in the Moment: "Putting learning in the palm of people’s hands — exactly what they need, when they need it — can have an immediate positive effect on the bottom line". (http://www.slashdocs.com/mukrvy/mobile-learning-driving-business-results-by-empowering-employees-in-the-moment.html) Mobile devices can quickly distribute learning The mobile age brings greater mobility of your staff and this impacts the ways in which enterprises train their employees. Investing in training opportunities onsite is rapidly diminishing. Many employees frequently travel or work on the move – this means that they spend lots of time without access to laptops or desktop computers. mLearning is a great solution here because it allows companies to easily spread learning materials to employees, full of practical knowledge about many areas of business. The power of mobile learning lies in the fact that it connects employees to all the knowledge and expertise they need, exactly when and where they need it. It addresses any potential learning need at any time.Mobile learning is flexibleThis is a key benefit brought by mobile learning. Flexibility offered by mobile learning solutions can be interpreted in different ways. First, there's the flexibility of time and space, where workers can choose the location and time of learning themselves. Moreover, they're also free to choose the device for their learning, as long as it can correctly display learning materials. The learning itself is also more flexible because it can integrate a wide variety of formats, including podcasts or videos.Mobile learning helps to save timeThis kind of learning will fit into the busiest schedules. It requires less time than instructor-led training or long eLearning programs. Instead of taking an entire course, learners can access training modules themselves to learn exactly what they need to know. This reduces the time which needs to be dedicated to training, minimizing productivity losses. Employees should be equipped with appropriate skills and knowledge as quickly as possible – and this is something that only mLearning can offer. Learners can consume small amounts of content every time, and study it whenever they like. Improved completion rates and higher retentionAlready in 2007, the Mobile Learning and Student Retention Report showed that mLearning brings higher retention rates. (http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ800952.pdf) And no wonder – with its bite-sized or micro-learning approach, mLearning offers a learning environment which makes it easier for learners to initiate learning and motivates them to complete it, fostering their knowledge retention.Mobile performance supportToday, mobile learning is recognized as a beneficial approach for providing performance support intervention. It's safe to say that mobile devices are a part of every employee's work environment. Delivering performance support solutions directly into their mobile devices, employers are facilitating easy access to information while at work and improving the probability of its usage and retrieval.Higher engagement in mobileThe 2010-2011 Horizon Report has already shown us the value of mobile learning in fostering learner engagement with the learning materials. (http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2011-Horizon-Report.pdf) Mobile learning experiences are more immersive and countless statistics reveal that a higher number of learners complete courses through mLearning than through traditional training or even cutting-edge eLearning solutions.Well-defined learning pathMobile devices offer an excellent measure to help learners see and update their learning path, showing learning as a continuous process. Many employees organize their lives through their mobile devices and by integrating links to these apps, mLearning solutions help learners to save time and accurately plan their learning. This is also relevant to alleviating the impact of the so-called Forgetting Curve which defines the exponential nature of forgetting. According to experts, we tend to forget 80% of what we've learned during the last 30 days. A short training period once a year cannot be expected to hold real impact over employee performance for a long time. Having regular access to a variety of mLearning materials works against the Forgetting Curve and helps employees to make the most from the learning opportunity.Mobile learning is a solution which brings lots of benefits to companies that decide to invest in learning programs organized on mobile devices. It improves knowledge retention rates, boosts learners' engagement with materials, empowers employees to develop new job skills and appeals to all those talents who are constantly looking for non-traditional learning opportunities to help them grow. mLearning creates a swift learning process which is bound to positively affect employee productivity at an enterprise.Guest Blog Contributor By-line:Carol Williams is a team member at Honeybells - a fruit shipping firm from Florida. She has an intense background in mLearning which she combines with her passion for anything tech and mobile related. Full Article
prog Yellow Button Program Launcher for Mac OS X By www.yellowbutton.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 19:59:35 -0600 Yellow Button launches Mac programs and opens folders and documents with a single click. Drag your favorite files and folders to the Yellow Button window. Full Article Scenic Photography
prog Wyse 60 Programmable Keys Using MacWise Terminal Emulation for Mac OS X By www.carnationsoftware.com Published On :: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 06:24:35 -0600 MacWise allows a host computer to control the functionality of special keys on the keyboard. The keys can be re-programmed by the host. Information for host programmers. Full Article Scenic Photography
prog Programming MacWise Fkeys with a Host Basic Program By carnationsoftware.com Published On :: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:44:18 -0500 MacWise supports standard Wyse and Viewpoint fkey programming from the host. You can program the fkey title and command for each fkey.. Full Article Software
prog RecordForAll Received Industry Nomination for Best Sound Program for 2007 By www.recordforall.com Published On :: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 09:00:00 -0400 The Shareware Industry Awards Foundation has announced that RecordForAll is nominated for Best Sound Program or Utility for the year 2007. Since 1992, the Shareware Industry Awards have been honoring and acknowledging the very best software. The Shareware Industry Awards are selected by a group of industry professionals that nominate and vote based on a programs merits. The award winners will be announced July 15, 2007 at the annual Software Industry Conference, held this year in Denver Colorado. RecordForAll is desktop application for recording and editing audio files and was designed specifically for podcasters. With RecordForAll, podcasters have the ability to easily record new audio files from scratch, or edit and enhance existing audio files. RecordForAll has reduced the learning curve, making audio recording easy even for beginners. RecordForAll allows podcasters to layer, synchronize and transition multiple audio tracks making it easier for podcasters to create transitional effects between show segments or insert advertisements into their podcasts. Simply put, RecordForAll is an all-in-one recording studio that assists users in recording, editing and mixing their podcasts. RecordForAll version 1 requires Windows XP or 32 bit Vista running on a Pentium-class computer. RecordForAll costs $39.95, and may be purchased securely online at http://www.recordforall.com. RecordForAll can also be purchased as part of a podcasting bundle that includes FeedForAll for only $ 69.95. You can download a free fully-functional 30-day trial from the same web address. For more information contact, NotePage, Inc. at PO Box 296, Hanover, MA 02339. Phone: 781-829-0500. Fax: 781-582-1869. E-mail: sales@recordforall.com . Internet: http://www.recordforall.com. Additional information on the 2007 Software Industry Conference can be found at http://www.sic.org. Full Article
prog Two Transport Biosecurity Projects Approved Under Wean-to-Harvest Biosecurity Research Program By www.farmscape.com Published On :: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT Farmscape for October 30, 2024 Two research projects approved through the Swine Health Information Center's Wean-to-Harvest Biosecurity Research Program will focus on reducing the risk of swine transport vehicle contamination at hog processing plants and at deadstock disposal sites. The Swine Health Information Center’s Wean-to-Harvest Biosecurity Research Program, funded in collaboration with the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research and Pork Checkoff, has approved funding for research intended to help improve transport vehicle biosecurity where the transport trailer interfaces with the harvest facility and at the deadstock disposal site. SHIC Associate Director Dr. Lisa Becton says two projects will be conducted by the University of Minnesota. Quote-Dr. Lisa Becton-Swine Health Information Center: The first project is quantifying trailer contamination rates at the harvest plant interface. The goal of this project is to gather and analyze data on viral contamination rates in trailers and this will be looking at a 12-month period over time at the plant interface. It's going to assess the rates of PED, PRRS and Senaca Valey Virus and the goal is to understand what are the epidemiology factors related to trailers and unloading for the ability to either increase or decrease contamination rates, to understand what happens at that interface and then determine what are things that we can do to mitigate those risks. The second project is going to be assessing viral contamination of mortality disposal structures at wean to harvest farms. It's going to describe what the current procedures are for disposal and assess viral contamination in the environment around those containers but also to assess what is happening at these disposal structures such as compost and dead box and to detect and test what could be a decontamination strategy. Again, the goal is to help identify risks and to develop a strategy to mitigate those risks. Dr. Becton says the two projects will be conducted over a 12 month span to take into account seasonal changes and how those changes can drive the risk of disease introduction. Information on this work can be found at swinehealth.org. For more visit Farmscape.Ca. Bruce Cochrane. *Farmscape is produced on behalf of North America’s pork producers Full Article
prog Google Selects SpaceChain Into Its Startups Program By www.hostreview.com Published On :: SpaceChainamp;nbsp;today announced it has been accepted into the Google for Startups program. The Google program is designed for early-stage companies such as SpaceChain to help build a sustainable, successful business over the long-term by providingamp;nbsp; the support, services and technology to do so. Under the Google for Startups program, SpaceChain will be able to strengthen its position in leading data and transactional integrity with space infrastructure. Google'samp;nbsp;extensive resources will open multiple opportunities for SpaceChain to explore more advanced processing applications onboard LEO satellites systems as well as future payload launches. Full Article
prog New version of Site Search Engine - a free Windows program that creates a site specific search engine By www.buildwebsite4u.com Published On :: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 07:00:00 GMT Version 1.10. The new check box 'Empty list' can help if you don't like having all the pages indexed to show up when the search string is empty. Full Article
prog New version of Secure HTML - a free Windows program that creates password protected Web pages By www.buildwebsite4u.com Published On :: Thu, 14 May 2009 18:00:00 GMT Version 1.6. The new command line parameter -s (Silent - no errors or warnings) has been added. Full Article
prog Uganda: Uganda's Efforts to Combat HIV/Aids Show Progress but Challenges Remain By allafrica.com Published On :: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 05:45:28 GMT [Nile Post] Uganda's efforts to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic have made significant strides, yet crucial gaps remain, particularly in preventing mother-to-child transmission of the virus. Full Article HIV-Aids and STDs East Africa Health and Medicine Uganda
prog Spotify overtreft prognose voor Q3 met 6 mln nieuwe betalende abonnees By www.telecompaper.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 10:58:00 +0100 Spotify heeft er in het derde kwartaal 14 miljoen maandelijks actieve gebruikers bijgekregen, waarmee het totale aantal luisteraars wereldwijd op 640 miljoen kwam, een stijging van 11 procent ten opzichte van een jaar eerder... Full Article
prog Vodafone verhoogt aandeleninkoopprogramma naar EUR 520 mln By www.telecompaper.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 11:20:00 +0100 Vodafone Group heeft het budget voor zijn lopende aandeleninkoopprogramma verhoogd met EUR 20 miljoen, tot een totaal van EUR 520 miljoen. De aandeleninkoop is in augustus begonnen en zal deze maand worden afgerond, aldus de operator. Full Article
prog Library of Congress Audio Archives Program By Published On :: 2004-09-14T14:20:15-07:00 Michael Taft and Marcia Segal from the American Folk Life Center, Library of Congress will be in Utah on October 13, 2004 to discuss the The Save Our Sounds project and related digital issues. This Fall Caucus program will be from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in room 3211 Wilkinson Center on the campus of Brigham Young University and is sponsored by CIMA, the Conference of Inter-Mountain Archivists. There will be no charge to the event and lunch will be on your own from 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m. Full Article
prog Effective Parish Assessment Program Part 1 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2022-08-01T03:00:45+00:00 Doctors know the tests to administer to assess our personal health. Financial planners know how to assess our financial health. However, our parishes lack similar empirical and validated tools to help them. After over 20 years of working with over 500 Orthodox Christian parishes and completing strategic plans that cover over 26% of Orthodox Christians in the U.S., the Orthodox Ministry Services (OMS) team has developed the Effective Parish Assessment (EPA). The EPA is a reliable and easy way for you to assess your parish’s health and effectiveness in the 6 Pillars and 30 Building Blocks of operational excellence. OMS is providing the Effective Parish Assessment Program for free to selected Cohort Effective Parishes with the support of Leadership 100 and the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese. Tune in to these TWO programs and find out if your parish is eligible, and how you can apply, to participate in this dynamic free and helpful parish improvement program. We also welcome your calls and questions. If your parish is an innovator with Clergy and Lay Leaders committed to operational excellence and the best possible parish health and effectiveness, these programs are for you. Join my fellow OMS Team members as over 2 programs we describe in more detail the 6 Pillars, 30 Building Blocks, the Effective Parish Assessment Program, and how it can benefit your parish. Full Article
prog Effective Parish Assessment Program Part 2 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2022-08-04T02:41:08+00:00 In Part 2 of a two-part show, Bill and colleagues Nick Chakos, Steve Tibbs, and Dr. Mitch Owens continue their exploration of the 6 Pillars and 30 Building Blocks of effective and healthy parishes, and how the Effective Parish Assessment works to provide invaluable information to Orthodox Christian parishes Full Article
prog Using Google Alerts to Find New Affiliate Programs in Your Niche By sugarrae.com Published On :: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 12:01:36 +0000 Google Alerts is a free service offered by Google that will alert you to new content Google finds on the web that contains keywords you specify. Google Alerts is most commonly recommended as a way to monitor your brand – and your competition's brand – online. But I also use Google Alerts as a way… The post Using Google Alerts to Find New Affiliate Programs in Your Niche appeared first on Sugarrae. Full Article Affiliate Marketing
prog White Button Mushroom Shows Promise in Slowing Prostate Cancer Progression By scienceblog.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 12:10:32 +0000 Full Article Health
prog Three Ideal Types of Parish Music Programs (w/Dn. Michael Abrahamson) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-11-01T22:18:16+00:00 In this episode, Fr. Anthony talks with Dn. Michael about three ideal types of parish music; choir, kliros, and congregational. They discuss their attributes, what is required to sustain them, and the way each brings glory to God in its own way. Enjoy the show! Full Article
prog Christ is Risen! KPXQ Radio Program Segment By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-05-20T02:07:31+00:00 Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! This is the anthem of Pascha, and since it was in fact Holy Week and Pascha last week, we have decided to "go lite" this program hour and air a 20-minute interview segment we did last month with local Phoenix evangelical drive-time radio program host Andrew Tallman in lieu of a full study hour. So enjoy, and next week we'll tackle another topic. A blessed Bright Week to all. Full Article
prog Steve and Bill Host a Protestant Radio Program By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-05-25T03:28:38+00:00 Steve and Bill got invited to fill in for the vacationing Andrew Tallman, the afternoon drive time talk show host on 1360 KPXQ, the Phoenix area SALEM evangelical radio station. It is a two-hour show from 5 to 7pm, so we are posting the first hour of the program this week and the second hour next week. Full Article
prog Spiritual Progress By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-03-31T03:01:49+00:00 Fr. Apostolos shares about spiritual progress on the Sunday of St. John of the Ladder. Full Article
prog The Progress Principle By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-16T03:08:35+00:00 How can we progress in our lives as Christians? What principle gives us the ability to progress in our lives? Trying to answer that question, Fr. Dn. Emmanuel called this sermon “The Progress Principle.” The sermon included a science illustration about how catalysts work. This YouTube video will show you the same experiment. Full Article
prog New Distance Learning Program at the IOCS! By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-07-23T17:27:50+00:00 John Maddex interviews Dr. Costas Athanasopoulos of the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies about the school's new Distance Learning Program. Full Article
prog Project Mexico School-Buddies Program By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-07-24T03:16:51+00:00 Bobby Maddex interviews Valerie Yova of Project Mexico about the ministry's school-buddies program. Full Article
prog Agape Canister Program By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-07-24T17:54:41+00:00 Bobby Maddex interviews Kenneth Kidd, the Annual Gifts Officer for the Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC), about OCMC's Agape Canister Program. Full Article
prog Fr. Gregory Hallam and the Equip Distance Learning Program By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-07-24T22:30:18+00:00 Archpriest Gregory Hallam who publishes his sermons here on the Voice from the Isles podcast also hosts on the UK Antiochian Deanery website a three-year diploma in Orthodox theology. The course has the bishop’s blessing, and a distance learning option is available. Fr. Gregory offers this taster podcast from the third year, Lecture 61. If you are interested in this course please visit this web page for details:- http://www.antiochian-orthodox.co.uk/e-quip.htm Full Article
prog The IOCS Distance Learning Program By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-07-26T03:59:41+00:00 Bobby Maddex interviews Dr. David Frost, the principal and administrator of the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies in Cambridge, England, about the institute's Distance Learning Program, which is currently accepting new applicants. Full Article
prog The Rebirth of the Music Program at St. Vladimir's Seminary By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-07-26T04:14:43+00:00 Dr. Nicholas Reeves, an assistant professor of liturgical music at St. Vladimir’s Seminary, and Dr. Peter Bouteneff, an associate professor of systematic theology at the school, talk about a number of exciting developments at St. Vlad's with regard to music, including what's called the Arvo Pärt Project. Full Article
prog Annual OCL Program Meeting on Church Unity By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-12-01T20:13:47+00:00 Bobby Maddex interviews George Matsoukas, the Executive Director of Orthodox Christian Laity (OCL), and Alexei Krindatch, the Research Coordinator of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America, about the upcoming OCL Program Meeting at St. Vladimir's Seminary. Full Article
prog New MA Program At IOCS By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-06-30T19:47:22+00:00 We talk with Professor David Frost from the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies program in Cambridge about their new Master of Arts degree, available 100% on line. Full Article
prog Summer Program for Young Orthodox Scholars By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-03-20T05:03:54+00:00 Professor Gary Jenkins joins us to talk about a Young Scholars Summer Program at Eastern University. One week in July exposing high schoolers to a Great Books approach to education. Two college credits granted! Full Article
prog Education Program For Children - Followers By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-10-06T03:56:01+00:00 Fr. Gregory Hallam joins us from St. Aidan's Orthodox Church in Manchester, United Kingdom, to speak about a new educational program for children designed to teach them about the Orthodox Faith. It is freely available worldwide and it is called Followers. This program is under the pastoral leadership of Metropolitan Silouan, primate of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of the British Isles and Ireland. Full Article
prog New MA Programs at IOCS! By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-09-21T21:37:37+00:00 Bobby Maddex interviews Dr. Christoph Schneider, the Academic Director of the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies, about the institute's two new MA programs. Full Article
prog A Matter of Progresssion—or Regression By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-11-01T12:40:20+00:00 Preaching on the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31), Fr. Pat urges us to always maintain a proper perspective. Full Article
prog Evans confident Great Britain can progress in Davis Cup By www.bbc.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 11:39:47 GMT Dan Evans speaks to BBC Breakfast's John Watson before playing for Great Britain in the Davis Cup Finals group stage in Manchester. Full Article
prog Defending champion Allen defeats Jones to progress By www.bbc.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 23:19:58 GMT Defending champion Mark Allen advances to the semi-finals of the Champion of Champions tournament by beating Jak Jones 6-4 in the Group One final. Full Article
prog Inflation progress stalls in US in October By www.bbc.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 13:48:36 GMT Prices in the US rose 2.6% over the 12 months to October, driven by more expensive food and groceries. Full Article
prog Michigan development program not a pretty site By www.mackinac.org Published On :: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 06:00:00 -0400 Taxpayers lose with poorly designed site preparation program Full Article
prog Pakistan: retour progressif de l'électricité après une panne géante By www.rtl.be Published On :: Mon, 23 Jan 2023 21:08:51 +0100 Une gigantesque panne d'électricité a affecté lundi une large partie du Pakistan, dont ses plus grandes villes Lahore et Karachi, avant que les autorités n'annoncent en soirée le retour progressif du courant. Les coupures d'électricité sont fréquentes au Pakistan, englué depuis des années dans de graves problèmes budgétaires et énergétiques, et dont le système de distribution est complexe et vétuste. La panne a été causée par un dysfonctionnement survenu à 07H30 locales (02H30 GMT) à la suite de mesures d'économies prises sur le réseau. "Nous espérons que le courant sera rétabli partout dans le pays d'ici ce (lundi) soir", a déclaré dans un communiqué vidéo le ministre de l'Energie, Khurram Dastagir Khan. La nuit avançant, il a assuré sur Twitter que l'électricité commençait à être rétablie progressivement. Le ministère a tweeté que le courant était revenu dans le centre d'Islamabad et à Gujranwala, à quelque 200 km au sud-est de la capitale. M. Khan a également retweeté le message d'un usager qui se félicitait qu'il y ait à nouveau "de la lumière à Lahore", la deuxième ville la plus peuplée du pays, avec plus de 10 millions d'habitants. La panne a été causée par une variation de la fréquence électrique sur le réseau national, au redémarrage des unités de production électrique lundi matin. Ces unités sont temporairement éteintes la nuit en hiver pour économiser du carburant, a expliqué M. Khan à la presse. La plupart des hôpitaux, industries et institutions gouvernementales sont équipées de générateurs. Mais les ménages et petits commerces n'ont souvent pas les moyens de s'offrir un tel équipement. Dans le nord du Pakistan, les températures devaient tomber lundi soir en dessous de 0°. Le chauffage au gaz est le plus répandu, mais n'est pas non plus toujours très fiable, les délestages étant fréquents en raison d'une pénurie de gaz. Les réseaux de téléphonie mobile ont été également perturbés par la panne, selon un tweet du régulateur pakistanais des télécoms. L'économie pakistanaise est déjà chancelante avec une inflation galopante, une devise nationale - la roupie - en chute libre et des réserves de change au plus bas. Une telle coupure d'électricité ne fait qu'accroître la pression sur les petits commerces. A Rawalpindi, ville voisine de la capitale, Muhammad Iftikhar Sheikh, 71 ans, un vendeur d'électroménager, a déploré ne pas pouvoir tester ses appareils devant les clients. "Les clients n'achètent jamais sans essayer d'abord", pestait-il. Du coup, "on est tous assis là, à ne rien faire". Dans les écoles, les cours ont souvent eu lieu dans la pénombre, pour celles ne disposant pas d'éclairage sur batterie. A Karachi (sud), où les températures étaient plus élevées, un commerçant a indiqué à l'AFP craindre que son stock entier de produits laitiers ne soit perdu, sans réfrigération. Et Khurrum Khan, un imprimeur de 39 ans, voyait les commandes s'empiler, sans pouvoir y répondre. Les problèmes d'électricité sont "une malédiction permanente dont nos gouvernements n'ont pas réussi à se débarrasser", regrettait-il. Une panne similaire en janvier 2021 avait plongé l'essentiel de ce pays de 220 millions d'habitants dans le noir pendant plusieurs heures, après qu'un dysfonctionnement technique dans le sud eut déclenché une réaction en chaîne dans plusieurs centrales électriques. Les coupures d'électricité sont un problème récurrent au Pakistan. Mais la situation s'est encore détériorée ces derniers mois, la situation financière dramatique du pays aggravant un peu plus ses difficultés d'approvisionnement énergétique. Les ménages ont été touchés, mais l'industrie également, notamment le textile, qui représente environ 60% des exportations pakistanaises. Full Article
prog Smart approach to constraint programming: intelligent backtracking using artificial intelligence By www.inderscience.com Published On :: 2024-07-01T23:20:50-05:00 Constrained programming is the concept used to select possible alternatives from an incredibly diverse range of candidates. This paper proposes an AI-assisted Backtracking Scheme (AI-BS) by integrating the generic backtracking algorithm with Artificial Intelligence (AI). The detailed study observes that the extreme dual ray associated with the infeasible linear program can be automatically extracted from minimum unfeasible sets. Constraints are used in artificial intelligence to list all possible values for a group of variables in a given universe. To put it another way, a solution is a way of assigning a value to each variable that these values satisfy all constraints. Furthermore, this helps the study reach a decreased search area for smart backtracking without paying high costs. The evaluation results exhibit that the IB-BC algorithm-based smart electricity schedule controller performs better electricity bill during the scheduled periods than comparison approaches such as binary backtracking and binary particle swarm optimiser. Full Article
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prog Assessing Students’ Structured Programming Skills with Java: The “Blue, Berry, and Blueberry” Assignment By Published On :: Full Article