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First, a small region quenches directly in response to a high current density. This section rapidly heats by Joule heating, and the increase in temperature quenches adjacent regions.GridON Ltd has developed the first commercial inductive FCL for distribution & transmission networks. Using a unique and proprietary conce... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fault_current_limiter |
In most common law jurisdictions, the jury is responsible for finding the facts of the case, while the judge determines the law. These "peers of the accused" are responsible for listening to a dispute, evaluating the evidence presented, deciding on the facts, and making a decision in accordance with the rules of law an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_trial |
Tamgas originate in pre-historic times, but their exact usage and development cannot be continuously traced over time. There are, however, symbols represented in rock art that are referred to as tamgas or tamga-like. If they serve to record the presence of individuals at a particular place, they may be functionally equ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamga |
It marked the end of Sun's OPEN LOOK graphical environment in favor of a Motif-based desktop, at the same time making the latter a standard rather than a proprietary toolkit. Although it had less impact on the other standardization areas it originally intended to address, it nonetheless had a major influence on the fut... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Open_Software_Environment |
Moon Diver is a proposed lunar mission concept by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory that would employ a robotic lander and a two-wheeled rover called Axel to investigate the exposed geological layers on the walls of a deep lunar pit.The mission was proposed in mid-2019 to NASA's Discovery Program to compete for funding ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Diver_(spacecraft) |
A hypothetical syllogism is an inference that takes two conditional statements and forms a conclusion by combining the hypothesis of one statement with the conclusion of another. Here is the general form: P → Q {\displaystyle P\rightarrow Q} Q → R {\displaystyle Q\rightarrow R} Therefore, P → R {\displaystyle P\rightar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deductive_reasoning |
Many different types of bait are used. Since this kind of trap is mainly used for beetles that are attracted to (over)ripe fruits, baits with a certain amount of alcohol are usually very effective. Beetles are commonly baited with banana, optionally with beer, rum and/or sugar, and can also be attracted with a mixture ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottle_trap_for_insects |
In 1976, the song became a hit in the US; it peaked at #2 on the Billboard chart. It was kept from #1 by both "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" by The Four Seasons and "Disco Lady" by Johnnie Taylor. "Dream Weaver" did get to #1 on Cashbox. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Weaver |
If the IRS adjusts prices by more than $5 million or 10 percent of the taxpayer’s gross receipts, penalties apply. The penalty is 20% of the amount of the tax adjustment, increased to 40% at a higher threshold.This penalty may be avoided only if the taxpayer maintains contemporaneous documentation meeting requirements ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost-sharing_agreement |
The International Atomic Energy Agency define MUF as the "difference between the book inventory and the physical inventory. This definition may be with respect to either the element or isotope weight." A more exact definition is represented by the following equation: MUF = I - 0 + B - E where I designates inputs, 0 des... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Material_unaccounted_for |
In the wake of civil lawsuits and the increasing numbers of reported incidents, legislation has been passed in a number of countries and jurisdictions to outlaw the practice, though approaches have varied and been changed over the years. The practice has also been described as a form of psychological abuse and domestic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge_porn |
The GMP Gene Vector Lab produces clinical grade vectors for use in Phase I/II trials, while the GMP Clinical Research Lab prepares patient components for clinical trials. The Gene Vector Lab was one of only three National Gene Vector Laboratories until that entity was replaced by the National Gene Vector Biorepository ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Cell_and_Gene_Therapy |
The thaumasite form of sulfate attack (TSA) is a particular type of very destructive sulfate attack. C-S-H are the "glue" in the hardened cement paste filling the interstices between the concrete aggregates. As the TSA reaction consumes the silicates of the "cement glue", it can lead to a harmful decohesion and a softe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_degradation |
Government trifectas are contrasted by divided governments—a situation in which one party controls the executive branch while another party controls one or both houses of the legislative branch. In systems that use fusion of powers and where the executive has to rely on the confidence of the legislature, the executive ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_trifecta |
Up until 1981 in West Malaysia (and some years later in East Malaysia), there were English-medium schools set up by the former British colonial government and Christian missionaries. However, following the implementation of the 1967 National Language Act which stipulated the conversion of all English-medium schools to ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-medium_education |
Left-handed pizzicato is generally less flexible pitch-wise than the right-handed technique, but allows the right hand to either stay where it is or simultaneously play, a technique composer and violinist Niccolo Paganini was renowned for. A snap pizzicato, first specified by Gustav Mahler, but often called a Bartók pi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violin_technique |
The optimum thickness for a single-layer ARC is given by; d = λ 4 η {\displaystyle d={\frac {\lambda }{4\eta }}} where d {\displaystyle d} is the layer thickness, λ {\displaystyle \lambda } is the desired wavelength of minimum reflection and η {\displaystyle \eta } is the material's refractive index. Depending on the r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterojunction_solar_cell |
Its capacity will be eight people — six passengers and two pilots. The apogee of the new craft was designed to be approximately 110 km (68 mi) in the lower thermosphere, 10 km (6.2 mi) higher than the Kármán line but as of July 2021, the maximum height reached was 89.9 km. The predecessor craft, SpaceShipOne's target w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceShipTwo |
A pneumothorax is a risk with these blocks, so the pleura should be checked with ultrasound to make sure the lung was not punctured during the block.The axillary block is indicated for elbow, forearm, and hand surgery. It anesthetizes the median, ulnar, and radial nerves. This block is useful because it has less risk t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_anesthetic_nerve_block |
Work started in December 2011 on building a halt style platform at the Uck river bridge, together with a picnic area. It was opened on the Saturday of the first Diesel Gala in July 2012, and named Worth Halt after the parish in which it lies. The construction of the halt allows passengers to travel between two permanen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavender_Line |
The third-order intercept point (TOI) is a property of the device transfer function O (see diagram). This transfer function relates the output signal voltage level to the input signal voltage level. We assume a "linear" device having a transfer function whose small-signal form may be expressed in terms of a power serie... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-order_intercept_point |
The formation of an IHR Review Committee is the responsibility of the DGWHO. They are selected from the IHR Experts Committee, and "when appropriate, other expert advisory panels of the Organization." Furthermore, the DGWHO "shall establish the number of members to be invited to a meeting, determine its date and durati... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Health_Regulations |
Nevertheless, Marx argues that production prices are still determined by underlying product-values (i.e. the average labour requirements for their supply). There is no logical proof available for that argument, only an empirical proof, insofar as there is a close correspondence between the magnitudes of producers' prod... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prices_of_production |
Marx's ideas have had a profound impact on world politics and intellectual thought, in particular in the aftermath of the 1917 Russian Revolution. Followers of Marx have often debated among themselves over how to interpret Marx's writings and apply his concepts to the modern world. The legacy of Marx's thought has beco... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marx |
Grasserie, also known as nuclear polyhedrosis, milky disease, or hanging disease, is caused by infection with the Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (aka Bombyx mori nuclear polyhedrosis virus, genus Alphabaculovirus). If grasserie is observed in the chawkie stage, then the chawkie larvae must have been infected while ha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulberry_silkworm |
This palisade style was much more efficient to build than the traditional horizontal log cabin, since two half logs provided more surface area than one whole log and the vertical alignment meant a stronger structure for supporting loads like upper stories and roofs. It also presented a more finished look inside. Exampl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_fence |
The CL can take nearly all the Leica M lenses. Exception are some lenses that protrude deep into the body and could hurt the meter arm, these include: 15mm/8 Hologon, 21mm/4 Super Angulon, 28mm/2.8 Elmarits before serial number 2314921. The eyed lenses, including the M3 wide-angle lenses, the 135mm/2.8 Elmarit, and the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leitz_Minolta_CL |
In an interview with the Global Alumni Association of Bengali Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, she spoke of the gender bias she faced in her career:“Of course, I have faced gender bias all the time in my professional life. I think it will take a long time to change the mindset of the society, and there is n... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ila_Ghose |
While the silverleaf whitefly had been known in the United States since 1896, in the mid-1980s an aggressive strain appeared in poinsettia crops in Florida. For convenience that strain was referred to as strain B (biotype B), to distinguish it from the milder infestation of the earlier known strain A. Less than a year ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverleaf_whitefly |
In low doses it is used to treat agitated depression (together with an antidepressant). Fixed combinations of perphenazine and the tricyclic antidepressant amitriptyline in different proportions of weight exist (see Etrafon below). When treating depression, perphenazine is discontinued as fast as the clinical situation... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perphenazine_decanoate |
Three are located on the facial side of the tooth, and one on the lingual side. The cingulum forms from this lingual lobe of development. The majority of a lingual surface's cervical third is made up of the cingulum. On lower incisors, a cingulum usually is poorly developed or absent. Maxillary canines have a large, we... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_anatomy |
CuBox is a low-power computer based on ARM-architecture CPU, using the Marvell Armada 510 (88AP510) SoC with an ARM v6/v7-compliant superscalar processor core, Vivante GC600 OpenGL 3.0 and OpenGL ES 2.0 capable 2D/3D graphics processing unit, Marvell vMeta HD Video Decoder hardware engine, and TrustZone security extens... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CuBox |
The impact of recreational scuba diving on recreational dive values and the cultural heritage of shipwrecks has been found to comprise four basic types: The removal of artifacts and associated disturbance to wreck sites, Direct contact with wrecks and the benthic biota living on them by divers and their equipment, Exha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dive_wreck |
A scoring function S {\displaystyle S} is consistent for the functional T {\displaystyle T} relative to the class F {\displaystyle {\mathcal {F}}} if E F ≤ E F {\displaystyle \operatorname {E} _{F}\leq \operatorname {E} _{F}} for all F ∈ F {\displaystyle F\in {\mathcal {F}}} , all t ∈ T ( F ) {\displaystyle t\in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proper_score_function |
Various coolants have successfully been used, ranging from diesel fuel to antifreeze and water-soluble oil. After the lead shot cools, it is washed, then dried, and small amounts of graphite are finally added to prevent clumping of the lead shot. Lead shot larger than about #5 tends to clump badly when fed through tube... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bliemeister_method |
In theories with the axiom of choice, the cardinal number of any set has an initial ordinal, and one may employ the Von Neumann cardinal assignment as the cardinal's representation. (However, we must then be careful to distinguish between cardinal arithmetic and ordinal arithmetic.) In set theories without the axiom of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neumann_ordinals |
This is isomorphic to the general linear group GL+(n, R) (and because we're only considering orientation preserving diffeomorphisms and so the determinant is positive). What are the reps of GL+(n, R)? G L + ( n , R ) ≅ R + × S L ( n , R ) {\displaystyle GL^{+}(n,\mathbb {R} )\cong \mathbb {R} ^{+}\times SL(n,\mathbb {R... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representation_theory_of_diffeomorphism_groups |
Since these circuits produce net power from their port, they must have an internal DC power source, or else a separate connection to an external power supply. In circuit theory this is called an "active resistor". Although this type is sometimes referred to as "linear", "absolute", "ideal", or "pure" negative resistanc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_resistance |
However, the Ottomans eventually decided to face the enemy and defeated the Habsburg and Transylvanian forces at the Battle of Keresztes (known in Ottoman Turkish as the Battle of Haçova), during which the Sultan had to be dissuaded from fleeing the field halfway through the battle. Upon returning to Istanbul in victor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed_III |
There are several countries where, for various reasons, the official capital and de facto seat of government are separated: Benin: Porto-Novo is the official capital, but Cotonou is the seat of government. Bolivia: Sucre is the constitutional capital, and the supreme tribunal of justice is located in Sucre, making it t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward_capital |
Three-card monte – also known as find the lady and three-card trick – is a confidence game in which the victims, or "marks", are tricked into betting a sum of money, on the assumption that they can find the "money card" among three face-down playing cards. It is very similar to the shell game except that cards are used... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-card_Monte |
Price rise – higher price level compels the government to spend an increased amount on purchase of goods and services. Increase in public revenue – with the rise in public revenue government is bound to increase the public expenditure. International obligation – maintenance of socio-economic obligation, cultural exchan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_expenditure |
In some regions, it is used to add flavour and structure to Carignan while it is blended with Négrette in Gaillac and Fronton as well as Tannat in Madiran. In Provence, the grape had some presence in the region in the mid-19th century, when viticulturist Jules Guyot recommended it as a blending partner with Syrah. In r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabernet_Sauvignon |
I just remember one time running for a pass and leaping up in the air and just feeling the Frisbee making it into my hand and feeling the perfect synchrony and the joy of the moment, and as I landed I said to myself, 'This is the ultimate game. This is the ultimate game.' Team flying disc games using pie tins and cake ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_frisbee |
The following example illustrates similarities and differences between the literary, standardized varieties, and major urban dialects of Arabic. Maltese, a highly divergent Siculo-Arabic language descended from Maghrebi Arabic is also provided. True pronunciations differ; transliterations used approach an approximate d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_languages |
Chandra benefited from his friendship with Eddington. It was Eddington and Milne who put up Chandra's name for the fellowship for the Royal Society which Chandra obtained. An FRS meant he was at the Cambridge high-table with all the luminaries and a very comfortable endowment for research. Eddington's criticism seems t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_theory_(Eddington) |
At Christ's College, Cambridge to qualify as an Anglican clergyman, Darwin became passionate about beetle collecting, then shone in John Stevens Henslow's botany course. He was convinced by Paley's Natural Theology which set out the Teleological argument that complexity of "design" in nature proved God's role as Creato... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inception_of_Darwin's_theory |
Wong-Ng was a research associate and lecturer in the chemistry department at University of Toronto. From 1981 to 1985, she was a critical review scientist at the International Centre for Diffraction Data. Wong-Ng was a research scientist in the chemistry department at University of Maryland, College Park and a research... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie_Wong-Ng |
Controlled flow-separation nozzles include: expanding nozzle, bell nozzles with a removable insert, stepped nozzles, or dual-bell nozzles.These are generally very similar to bell nozzles but include an insert or mechanism by which the exit area ratio can be increased as ambient pressure is reduced. Dual-mode nozzles in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_engine_nozzles |
Most species, including both plants and animals, interact with one another within ecosystems and habitats, known as biological interactions. These interactions (whether it be plant-plant, animal-animal, predator-prey or plant-animal interactions) can be vital to the success and survival of populations and therefore spe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenology |
Fluoropolymers were discovered in 1938 by Dr. Roy Plunkett when he accidentally polymerized tetrafluoroethylene to form polytetrafluoroethylene.1938 Animal echolocation Echolocation, also called biosonar, is the biological sonar used by several animals such as dolphins, shrews, bats, and whales. The term was coined by ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_discoveries |
Charles Sanders Peirce's semiotic theory involves a triadic structure: a sign (a reference to an object), an object (the thing being referred to), and an interpretant (the interpreting actor of a sign). For Deacon and Kull, the meme is a degenerate sign, which includes only its ability of being copied. Accordingly, in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memetics |
In UML, this situation should be modeled with internal transitions, as shown in Figure 6. The UML notation for internal transitions follows the general syntax used for exit (or entry) actions, except instead of the word entry (or exit) the internal transition is labeled with the triggering event (e.g., see the internal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchical_state_machine |
Consider a mixed turbofan with a fixed bypass ratio and airflow. Increasing the overall pressure ratio of the compression system raises the combustor entry temperature. Therefore, at a fixed fuel flow there is an increase in (HP) turbine rotor inlet temperature. Although the higher temperature rise across the compressi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-spool_engine |
Some United States Navy submarine depot ships operating in the Pacific during World War II included sailors with Construction Battalion ratings to clear recreational sites and assemble buildings ashore, while the Royal Navy mobile naval bases included specialized amenities ships to meet recreational needs of British Pa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depot_ship |
Guillaume de Machaut, Ma fin est mon commencement (rondeau 14) William Byrd, "Diliges Dominum", no. 25 from Cantiones Sacrae Jacob Obrecht, Missa Grecorum, Agnus Dei Leonhard Päminger, Vexilla regis prodeunt, from the Secundus tomus ecclesiasticarum cantionum (Nuremberg, 1573). Gregorius Joseph Werner, Der curiose musi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrograde_(music) |
Nkrumah also sought to eliminate "tribalism", a source of loyalties held more deeply than those to the nation-state. Thus, as he wrote in Africa Must Unite: "We were engaged in a kind of war, a war against poverty and disease, against ignorance, against tribalism and disunity. We needed to secure the conditions which c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwame_Nkrumah |
The scenery base is covered with substitutes for ground cover, which may be Static Grass or scatter. Scatter or flock is a substance used in the building of dioramas and model railways to simulate the effect of grass, poppies, fireweed, track ballast and other scenic ground cover. Scatter used to simulate track ballast... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_railroad |
The covering set {3, 7, 11, 37} is found for several similar sequences, including: (38·10n − 137) / 9 or 42+07 (4·10n − 337) / 9 or 4+07 (73·10n + 359) / 9 or 81+519175·10n + 1 or 91750+1 10176·10n − 1 or 101759+ (334·10n − 1)/9 or 371+ (12211·10n − 1)/3 or 40703+ (8026·10n − 7)/9 or 8917+Also for bases other than 10: ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covering_set |
Therefore, they can be expressed as trigamma functions, denoted ψ1(α), the second of the polygamma functions, defined as the derivative of the digamma function: ψ 1 ( α ) = d 2 ln Γ ( α ) ∂ α 2 = ∂ ψ ( α ) ∂ α . {\displaystyle \psi _{1}(\alpha )={\frac {d^{2}\ln \Gamma (\alpha )}{\partial \alpha ^{2}}}=\,{\frac {\par... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haldane_prior |
Thicknesses of thermal pipe insulation used for saving energy vary, but as a general rule, pipes operating at more-extreme temperatures exhibit a greater heat flow and larger thicknesses are applied due to the greater potential savings.The location of pipework also influences the selection of insulation thickness. For ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipe_insulation |
In its place, Harman proposes a concept of objects that are irreducible to both material particles and human perception, and "exceed every relation into which they might enter".Coupling Heidegger's tool analysis with the phenomenological insights of Edmund Husserl, Harman introduces two types of objects: real objects a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-oriented_ontology |
Social representations, therefore, are depicted as both the process and the result of social construction. In the socio-cognitive activity of representation that produces representations, social representations are constantly converted into a social reality while continuously being re-interpreted, re-thought, re-presen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_representation |
NEBOSH moved its offices to Meridian Business Park, Leicester in 1999. Stephen Vickers took up the position of NEBOSH Chief Executive in April 2000. Six months later the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) – now The Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator (Ofqual) accredited NEBOSH as an award... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Examination_Board_in_Occupational_Safety_and_Health |
The eastern heather vole, (Phenacomys ungava), is a small North American vole. Until recently, this species was considered to belong to the same species as the western heather vole, Phenacomys intermedius. It is also called the Ungava vole. Though some studies have indicated that Phenacomys ungava is "rare" or "uncommo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_heather_vole |
A two-metre diameter cobweb wheel carrying 'jewelled' butterflies and frogs rotates continuously during the daytime as does the 'Top Feature' which consists of three arms with 'jewelled' pendants: one is a flying fish ridden by a squirrel, the second is a squirrel pushing a pram with a bird's nest and birds above, the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_Horological_Tintinnabulator |
Like other online communities, E2 has a social hierarchy and code of behavior. There is no explicit, written site policy on acceptable behavior, although the usual intolerance for trolling or hatemongering prevails, as is the case with most web-based communities. Bans have occurred for antisocial and/or insulting behav... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Engine |
Some unapproved parts come from genuine manufacturers' production lines; some of these may simply be airworthy production overruns, but others may be defective samples that failed required testing.Boeing has stated that mechanical parts, electronic parts and materials have been counterfeited. Physical parts include bol... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unapproved_aircraft_part |
Pedestals are used for CATV (known as a cable box in such a situation), telephone, passive optical networks, and other telecommunications systems. A pedestal is generally a sheet metal or plastic housing that encloses a passive termination block. The pedestal is usually about 3 feet high and has a diameter of less than... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_pedestal |
IBM described its new microkernel architecture as scalable, modular, portable, client/server distributed, and open and fully licensable both in binary and source code forms. : 376–377 This microkernel-based unified architecture was intended to allow all software to become scalable both upward into supercomputing space ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workplace_OS |
By defining the scope of freedom of expression and "harmful" speech, Milton argued against the principle of pre-censorship and in favor of tolerance for a wide range of views. Freedom of the press ceased being regulated in England in 1695 when the Licensing Order of 1643 was allowed to expire after the introduction of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_free_speech |
Drummond then tried visiting the Royal Docks in the hope of finding a ship that would take her on. Eventually on such a visit a donkeyman, who had served with her on Mulbera 12 years earlier, recognised Drummond in a café. He and his shipmates advised her that if no British company would take her she should try for a b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Drummond |
By the beginning of the twentieth century the new branch of mathematics, tensor calculus, was developed in the works of Gregorio Ricci Curbastro and Tullio Levi Civita of the University of Padua and the University of Rome "La Sapienza". Marcel Grossmann of the University of Zurich who had a deep knowledge of the Italia... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICRANet |
Chapman, chief executive officer (CEO) of TJ's DJ's. Chapman agreed to co-manage B.o.B, which only a month later led to B.o.B's signing with Atlantic Records and subsidiary imprint Rebel Rock, run by Florida-based producer Jim Jonsin. His first single for Atlantic, 2007's "Haterz Everywhere", reached the top five of Bi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.o.B |
Some deaths of crocodiles appeared to have been caused by this dangerous salinity, and this one-time stronghold for breeding crocodiles has experienced a major population decline. In yet another historic crocodile stronghold, the Olifants River, which flows through Kruger National Park, numerous crocodile deaths have b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_crocodile |
In 1932, Sigvard Oskar Bernadotte commissioned Svenskt Tenn for a new interior design of his residence. Similarly, Ericson and Frank were commissioned to design the house of Anne Hedmark (Annes Hus) on the site of the Swedish sculptor Carl Milles’s studio and home.During the Second World War, Josef Frank was forced int... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svenskt_Tenn |
The Eminence is a gestalt entity which exists as a brown gas which suffocates humanoid life forms before possessing them and turning them into deathless footsoldiers for its army. Its first appearance was in the Sixth Doctor Audio Adventure, The Seeds of War. It has since been present throughout the Dark Eyes series fe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foamasi |
Polyesters have dipole-dipole bonding between the oxygen atoms in C=O groups and the hydrogen atoms in H-C groups. Dipole bonding is not as strong as hydrogen bonding, so a polyester's melting point and strength are lower than Kevlar's (Twaron), but polyesters have greater flexibility. Polymers with non-polar units suc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymer_main_chain |
The company claimed to have scraped more than 10 billion images as of October 2021.In March 2022, Ton-That told Reuters that Ukraine's Ministry of Defence began using Clearview AI's facial recognition technology on March 12, 2022, after the startup "offered to uncover Russian assailants, combat misinformation and ident... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearview_AI |
This was due to large discoveries of gold, especially in California, and silver was heavily exported. To correct this situation, Secretary of the Treasury Thomas Corwin advocated reducing the precious-metal content of most silver coins to prevent their export. The opposition to the bill was led by Tennessee Representat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-dollar_coin |
Theatre Crafts began with a free circulation to high school and college drama instructors. Geared towards the offstage performers, the magazine featured “how-to” articles from theatre designers of costumes, lighting, sets, and more.In 1969, C. Ray Smith became the editor for Theatre Crafts and shaped it into a more pro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Design |
For example, in an interview in May 2017 regarding Donald Trump's 2018 Budget Proposal, the organization's president, Lily Eskelsen García, claimed: "We should invest in what makes schools great, the things that build curiosity and instill a love of learning. That is what every student deserves and what every parent wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_voucher |
As of January 2015, the project is still awaiting peer review, and researchers involved in the project are reluctant to make bold claims about its current resemblance to biological behavior; project coordinator Stephen Larson estimates that they are "only 20 to 30 percent of the way towards where we need to get".As of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenWorm |
In the late 1970s Grof proposed a psychological hypothesis to explain the near-death experience (NDE). According to Grof the NDE reflects memories of the birth process with the tunnel representing the birth canal. Susan Blackmore claimed the hypothesis is "pitifully inadequate to explain the NDE. For a start the newbor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Grof |
The reason why the precipitation temporarily or permanently stops in these regions is that the oblique, passive edges of the precipitate act as a semipermeable membrane, blocking the diffusion of the outer electrolyte.The mechanism behind the regression of the active front segments is not fully understood. It is believ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hantz_reactions |
Numerous drugs have been used to treat yellow fever disease with minimal satisfaction to date. Patients with multisystem organ involvement will require critical care support such as possible hemodialysis or mechanical ventilation. Rest, fluids, and acetaminophen are also known to relieve milder symptoms of fever and mu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito-borne_virus |
In the early days of generative grammar, new conceptions of the clause were emerging. Paul Postal and Noam Chomsky argued that every verb phrase had a subject, even if none was expressed, (though Joan Bresnan and Michael Brame disagreed). As a result, every VP was thought to head a clause. The idea of verbless clauses ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbless_clause |
Armitage's research is largely based on the motion of bacteria by flagellar rotation and the chemotactic mechanisms used to control that motion. Armitage was appointed Lecturer in Biochemistiry at Oxford in 1985 and was awarded the Title of Distinction of Professor of Biochemistry in 1996. Armitage is a fellow of Merto... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Armitage |
The English word mortar derives from middle English morter, from old French mortier, from classical Latin mortarium, meaning, among several other usages, "receptacle for pounding" and "product of grinding or pounding"; perhaps related to Sanskrit "mrnati" - to crush, to bruise.The classical Latin pistillum, meaning "po... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortar_and_pestle |
As FIM-92 Stinger Length: 1.52 m (60 in) Diameter: 70 mm (2.8 in) Wingspan: 140 mm (5.5 in) Launch weight: 16 kg (35 lb) Guidance: Fire-and-forget passive infrared seeker for Block I and Fire-and-forget passive IR focal plane array seeker in Block II version Warhead: 3 kg (6.6 lb) HE blast fragmentation Propulsion: Dua... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air-to-Air_Stinger |
That acronym—near-toxic in those days—caused immediate discontent among social sectors, forcing Rivero to publicly resign his party membership within days of taking office. Nonetheless, he remained mistrusted among many sectors of Beni society, resulting in ongoing conflicts with the department's trade unions and indig... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Rivero |
All parents have the right to withdraw a child from religious education, which schools must approve.Additionally, all schools are required by law to provide a daily act of collective worship, of which at least 51% must be Christian in basis over the course of the academic year. This is separate and unrelated to RE less... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_education_in_primary_and_secondary_education |
In a similar way mass resolution is a parameter that characterizes the capability of recoil spectrometry to separate two signals arising from two neighboring elements in the target. The difference in the energy δE2 of recoil atoms after collision when two types of atoms differ in their masses by a quantity δM2 isδE2/ δ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elastic_recoil_detection |
Later, Bradlee worries about the accuracy of a story and asks the reporters "That didn't sound to me like a non-denial denial. Could you have been wrong?" But when other editors suggest that the paper needs to back down, Bradlee writes a note that says "We stand by our story," which he calls "My non-denial denial"; the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-denial_denial |
It remains to deal with the case where γ = δ {\displaystyle \gamma =\delta } is an ε {\displaystyle \varepsilon } -number: we have argued that, in this case, we can write δ = ψ ( α ) {\displaystyle \delta =\psi (\alpha )} for some (possibly uncountable) ordinal α < ε Ω + 1 {\displaystyle \alpha <\varepsilon _{\Omega +1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinal_collapsing_functions |
Divination is a cultural universal which anthropologists have observed as being present in many religions and cultures in all ages up to the present day (see sibyl). Divination may be defined as a mechanism for fortune-telling by ascertaining information by interpretation of omens or an alleged supernatural agency. Div... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trance |
In October 2012, a group of telecom operators published a white paper at a conference in Darmstadt, Germany, on software-defined networking (SDN) and OpenFlow. The Call for Action concluding the White Paper led to the creation of the Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) Industry Specification Group (ISG) within the E... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtualization_of_Network_Functions |
The easy case is that they disagree, since then we can give each partner a smallest piece and we are done. The hard case is that they agree. Let's call the piece, that both Bob and Carl view as smallest, X1, and the other two pieces, X2 and X3. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Envy-free_chore_division |
The quotients Γ ∖ X {\displaystyle \Gamma \backslash X} are called locally symmetric spaces. There is thus a bijective correspondence between complete locally symmetric spaces locally isomorphic to X {\displaystyle X} and of finite Riemannian volume, and torsion-free lattices in G {\displaystyle G} . This correspondenc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lattice_(discrete_subgroup) |
Then additional stubble from cut grain can be placed around the edges, enough to provide cover when the hunter lies down when birds are spotted, sitting up when they come in range. The blind can be deepened to allow sitting upright, if desired, by using a digging tool. In other areas duck blinds can be quite elaborate. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting_blind |
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