u/The-Magic-Hatter

Hello,

I'm trying to do a PERMANOVA in R, but I don't really know anything about it. I've been given code by my supervisor (who I would ask but he's very busy with other projects). He's given notes in the code telling me what I need to do but not how to do it. I've managed to get part way through by experimenting and checking tutorials but at this point everyone seems to use a different way of coding the PERMANOVA and so I don't know how to point to specific data beyond just loading it in for this.

The specific line of code I can't get to work is:

Betadisper <- betadisper(Bray_Curtis, group = "Habitat", type = "centroid")

I know I need to tell it where to get the Habitat data from, but I'm not sure how as to my small amount of knowledge using group = "Habitat" should tell it to use the data with the name Habitat.

When I run it I get the error message Error in if (any(dist.neg > dist.pos)) { :

missing value where TRUE/FALSE needed

I've done some research and found out what the error means, but the guide I used I didn't really understand and I tried altering the code that it gave but to no avail.

Any help is really appreciated, I've been stuck on this for several days.

Hello, I think I have the correct tag.

As it says, I was wondering if there's a way of getting a custom french grip FIE approved and if there is, is it even worth bothering?

I ask as I'm working on some and have been told by a national American armorer that it looks fine, but I've also been told by a British armorer that they're much more strict and a lot of them disagree with alot of Harut grips being allowed, which, given I've based my design on could cause some issues with it being totally legal in the FIE sense, but a really strict armorer at a tournament still saying no (if that makes sense).

Any help is really appreciated.

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Edit: I thought I should probably add the designs.

Hola,

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I was wondering if anyone knew of fencing in the Reading area besides the uni and Reading club that caters to adults and would be fine with me showing up a couple times a week for two weeks.

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I ask as the uni club is closed and the Reading club is on break but I've a tournament coming up and want to keep practicing, one of the coaches has said come to his other club for lessons, but it caters to children and young adults and is once a week and I'm nearly 30 so it'd be a bit awkward. so I was wondering if anyone knew any alternatives. I've done some research but couldn't find anything

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Cheers in advance.

Edit: Reading England

Hello,

I was wondering if any judges could confirm my understanding of this as I've got one person telling me that you cannot move your hand up and down the grip during the bout (who is not a judge) and a judge who says it's a grey area and to avoid it as you can get carded for it.

But from my reading of the rules it seems quite simple, provided you don't throw the weapon/let go of it and it's not done in a offensive action you're free to move it up and down and hold it in anyway you like.

The rule in question :If the handle has no special device or attachment or special shape (e.g. orthopedic), a fencer may hold it in any way he wishes and he may also alter the position of his hand on the handle during a bout. However, the weapon must not be — either permanently or temporarily, in an open or disguised manner — transformed into a throwing weapon; it must be used without the hand leaving the handle and without the hand slipping along the handle from front to back during an offensive action.