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More than 1000 names of God are listed in the Jawshan Kabir (جَوْشَنُ ٱلْكَبِير—literally "the Great Cuirass") invocations. The influential Sunni mystic Ibn Arabi (26 July 1165 – 16 November 1240) did not interpret the names of God as mere epithets, but as actual attributes paring the universe both in created and possi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_names_of_Allah |
These blood diamonds would then be sold back to Compaore for more guns. The cyclical exchange allowed Compaore the ability to deny directly sending arms to Sierra Leone.The Liberian government received arms through an elaborate front company in Guinea. The arms were intended to be shipped (legally) from Uganda to Slova... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_running |
In Mein Kampf (1925) Hitler expounded his theory of propaganda, which provided a powerful base for his rise to power in 1933. Historian Robert Ensor explains that "Hitler...puts no limit on what can be done by propaganda; people will believe anything, provided they are told it often enough and emphatically enough, and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_propaganda |
Daniel Brown met Margaret Joyce Herbert at Scottish Highland Dancing classes at the CUSRC in 1952. They married in Lincolnshire the following year. Dan and Margaret had four children: Catherine (1954), David (1955), Frances (1961) and Moira (1963). Daniel McGillivray Brown died at his home in Cambridge on 24 April 2012... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_McGillivray_Brown |
In classical music, there is a longstanding tradition to tune "by ear", by adjusting the pitch of instruments to a reference pitch. In an orchestra, the oboe player gives a 440 Hz "A", and the different instrument sections tune to this note. In chamber music, either one of the woodwind players gives an "A", or if none ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_tuner |
Lateral views is useful to evaluate any fistula from the bladder connecting into the rectum or vagina. Oblique views is used to evaluate any leaks from the bladder or urethra. Stress views are useful in urodynamic studies. Verumontanum appears elongated and proximal bulbal urethra has less conical appearance. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiding_cystourethrography |
The operation of a USART is intimately related to the various protocols; refer to those pages for details. This section only provides a few general notes. USARTs in synchronous mode transmits data in frames. In synchronous operation, characters must be provided on time until a frame is complete; if the controlling proc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_synchronous_and_asynchronous_receiver-transmitter |
Often in these high sugar wines, the fermentation stops naturally as the high concentration of sugar and rising concentration of ethanol retard the yeast activity. Similarly in fortified wines, such as port wine, high proof neutral grape spirit (brandy) is added to arrest the ferment and adjust the alcohol content when... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_production |
The dipole moment of 18-crown-6 varies in different solvent and under different temperature. Under 25 °C, the dipole moment of 18-crown-6 is 2.76 ± 0.06 D in cyclohexane and 2.73 ± 0.02 in benzene. The synthesis of the crown ethers led to the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Charles J. Pedersen. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18-Crown-6 |
These data are now the major source of the phase curve used in the Astronomical Almanac for predicting apparent magnitudes. The apparent brightness of Mercury as seen from Earth is greatest at phase angle 0° (superior conjunction with the Sun) when it can reach magnitude −2.6. At phase angles approaching 180° (inferior... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase_function |
There have been three series of the Cosmograph Daytona. Prior to the release of the "Daytona", Rolex produced chronographs using movements sourced from outside manufacturers housed in conventional and, starting in the 1940s, Oyster cases. Rolex introduced a more modern chronograph in 1955, designated Reference 6234, an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolex_Daytona_Paul_Newman |
In-vessel composting generally describes a group of methods that confine the composting materials within a building, container, or vessel. In-vessel composting systems can consist of metal or plastic tanks or concrete bunkers in which air flow and temperature can be controlled, using the principles of a "bioreactor". G... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-vessel_composting |
The end user contacts the new registrar with the wish to transfer the domain name to their service, and supplies the authentication code. The gaining Registrar must obtain express authorization from either the Registered Name Holder or the Administrative Contact. A transfer may only proceed if confirmation of the trans... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_registration |
The frq locus was discovered by Jerry F. Feldman. Feldman had been a graduate student with Colin Pittendrigh at Princeton and went to Caltech in 1967 to begin genetic screens for circadian clock mutants. The screening was aided by recent work that improved the expression of the rhythm in Neurospora. Colin Pittendrigh a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_(gene) |
NDBs have long been used by aircraft navigators, and previously mariners, to help obtain a fix of their geographic location on the surface of the Earth. Fixes are computed by extending lines through known navigational reference points until they intersect. For visual reference points, the angles of these lines can be d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Directional_Beacon |
Memory operands are also referred to as "registers". Most are simply general-purpose storage (RAM), while some locations are reserved for special function registers. Except for a single accumulator (called W), almost all other registers are memory-mapped, even registers like the program counter and ALU status register.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PIC_instruction_listings |
A polycrystalline rod of ultrapure electronic-grade silicon is passed through an RF heating coil, which creates a localized molten zone from which the crystal ingot grows. A seed crystal is used at one end to start the growth. The whole process is carried out in an evacuated chamber or in an inert gas purge. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Float-zone_silicon |
Showbiz following the release of "Greatest Hits": I kept passing on the opportunity to sit down and have a drink with him, have a chat ... I was very regretful. I had never used the words. I wrote them down to get it out of my system ... It is nice to sing a song that meant something, and to think it is going to be a s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Smith_(musician) |
In 2014, Pittsburgh water crisis was caused by unauthorized switching of anti-corrosion agent from soda ash to caustic soda. The city had been using soda ash for decades as a corrosion control chemical. Soda ash's alkalinity helps the metals to be less corrosive. It also has another property that leaves a solid residue... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_service_line |
Compared to the rest of the country, Ilam is under-developed in term of transportation. The Ilam Airport is the only airport in the province. With 2850 sorties, 215,799 passengers and around 1,416 metric tons (1,561 short tons), Ilam Airport ranked 21st in the country and 2nd to Kermanshah Airport in the western region... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saidmarreh_landslide |
Kent and Faloon were involved in a project called Timeship, which involves building a facility designed by an architect Stephen Valentine (starting from 1997) to house companies conducting research in the life extension and reanimation sciences and provide long-term care for cryopreserved humans. The Timeship Project, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Kent |
On some pushbutton especially in Austria and Germany there is a symbolic relief showing the crossing situation for the visually impaired, so they can get an overview of the crossing. The relief is read from the bottom up. It consists of different modules, which are put together according to the crosswalk. Each pedestri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedestrian_crossing |
This discovery overturned Lavoisier's definition of acids as compounds of oxygen. In 1810, chlorine was given its current name by Humphry Davy, who insisted that chlorine was in fact an element. The name chlorine, chosen by Davy for "one of obvious and characteristic properties – its colour", comes from the Greek χλωρ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphry_Davy |
Salaries tax is chargeable on the lower of: net chargeable income (total income less deductions and allowances) net total income (total income less deductions)Deductions include expenses necessary for earning such income (such as professional membership dues for one association), expenses for self-education (subject to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salaries_tax |
The advantage of this international termination model is the ability to route data directly through SS7, which gives the provider visibility of the complete path of the SMS. This means SMS messages can be sent directly to and from recipients without having to go through the SMS-C of other mobile operators. This approac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Txt_msg |
Some states provide development aid without reporting to the OECD using standard definitions, categories and systems. Notable examples are China and India. For 2018, the OECD estimated that, while total ODA was about $150 billion, an additional six to seven billion dollars of ODA-like development aid was given by ten o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_aid |
After 2014 elections, then Chief Minister-elect N. Chandrababu Naidu has refused to be sworn in unless an ordinance is issued merging seven mandals of Khammam district with divided Andhra Pradesh, stating only then can the Polavaram Project be completed without further delay in future. The Polavaram Project Authority w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polavaram_Project |
It was the standard of care until the early 2000s, but was sidelined afterwards because patients frequently experienced renewed episodes of SCLS, and because these drugs were poorly tolerated due to their unpleasant side effects.The second, more recent approach pioneered in France during the early 2000s involves monthl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capillary_leak_syndrome |
The differential information entropy of the uniform distribution is simply H U = − ∫ Γ 1 2 π ln ( 1 2 π ) d θ = ln ( 2 π ) {\displaystyle H_{U}=-\int _{\Gamma }{\frac {1}{2\pi }}\ln \left({\frac {1}{2\pi }}\right)\,d\theta =\ln(2\pi )} where Γ {\displaystyle \Gamma } is any interval of length 2 π {\displaystyle 2\p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_uniform_distribution |
The Clarence Fault extends from about 5 km south of Haupiri, close to the Alpine Fault to about 10 km west of Ward. This fault is the only member of the Marlborough Fault System to have neither a clear junction with the Alpine fault to the southwest nor a northeastward continuation to the coast. The southwestern part o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Fault |
Eventually, from these eclectic cells came the three domains of life as we know them today: bacteria, archaea and eukaryote. These domains are now recognizably distinct because much of the gene transfer that still occurs is within these domains, rather than between them. Biologist Peter Gogarten reinforced these argume... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizontal_gene_transfer_in_evolution |
Despite these difficulties, he succeeded in establishing a free public school system and obtaining backing for it at the state level. This is considered to be his greatest achievement. At the expiration of his term he ran for re-election but lost to Denis Prieur, a former mayor; who, however, was mayor for only eight m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Freret |
Skilled musicians can often improvise variations on a theme. This was commonplace in the Baroque era, when the da capo aria, particularly when in slow tempo, required the singer to be able to improvise a variation during the return of the main material. During this period, according to Nicholas Cook, it was often the c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_and_variations |
Oberon is the second-darkest large moon of Uranus after Umbriel. Its surface shows a strong opposition surge: its reflectivity decreases from 31% at a phase angle of 0° (geometrical albedo) to 22% at an angle of about 1°. Oberon has a low Bond albedo of about 14%. Its surface is generally red in color, except for fresh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberon_(moon) |
The Island had sand pits, away from the coastline that had had the salt washed out. Beach sand and pebbles would be used as a last resort. : 43 OT transport was brought to Guernsey, mainly French vehicles dating back to 1914, to supplement horse-drawn transport. : 36 Contractors brought equipment and vehicles. Five cam... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_fortification_of_Guernsey |
2007: Jeff Gordon wins for the first time at Phoenix from the pole (the first winner from the pole at Phoenix), scoring his 76th Cup Series win (tying Dale Earnhardt). After the race, Gordon celebrated with a black flag with the #3 of Earnhardt emblazoned on it. 2011: Jeff Gordon snaps a 66-race winless streak (longest... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FanShield_500 |
An "instrumental" goal is a sub-goal that helps to achieve an agent's ultimate goal. "Instrumental convergence" refers to the fact that there are some sub-goals that are useful for achieving virtually any ultimate goal, such as acquiring resources or self-preservation. Nick Bostrom argues that if an advanced AI's instr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existential_risk_from_advanced_artificial_intelligence |
Routine vaginal cancer screening, including routine surveillance imaging such as ultrasound or MRI, is not recommended for women who do not have symptoms. Imaging without indications is discouraged because it is unlikely to detect a recurrence or improve survival, and because it has its own costs and side effects. Seve... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaginal_cancer |
In the second trimester, a standard ultrasound exam typically includes: Fetal number, including number of amnionic sacs and chorionic sacs for multiple gestations Fetal cardiac activity Fetal position relative to the uterus and cervix Location and appearance of the placenta, including site of umbilical cord insertion w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obstetrical_ultrasonography |
The YouMail brand visual voicemail software was first developed, trademarked, and brought to market in 2006 by communications software developer Zeacom, which is based in Auckland, New Zealand. The service originally started out as a multi-platform visual voicemail solution, with the novel feature of personal greetings... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youmail |
Lerma joined staff at FCDC and later in New York and was a course supervisor. Around 1970, he joined Scientology's Sea Org and served for seven years, being paid $10 per week and sometimes surviving on peanut butter.During his time in Scientology, Lerma reach the level of OT III.In 1976 he met Hubbard's daughter Suzett... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnie_Lerma |
The establishment of the Air Force Officer Training Center expanded opportunities for aviation education in Poland as it not only gave a possibility of training new officers but also created favorable conditions for upgrading professional qualifications and retraining, e.g. for converting observers into pilots or offic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Air_Force_University |
Along with the temperament goes the overall concert pitch of the instrument, often A=440 Hz in modern instruments, but this also is far from universal. The pitch of an organ cannot be significantly changed without major work, as pipes need to be shortened or lengthened. Another important preparation step is to stabiliz... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipe_organ_tuning |
The price to be paid is that the light cone gauge imposes constraints, X ˙ μ ⋅ X μ ′ = 0 , ( X ˙ ) 2 + ( X ′ ) 2 = 0 , {\displaystyle {\dot {X}}^{\mu }\cdot {X^{\mu }}'=0,\quad ({\dot {X}})^{2}+(X')^{2}=0,} so that one cannot simply take arbitrary solutions of the wave equation to represent the strings. The strings con... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie_algebra_extension |
He states, "A more flowing style presented by the Russians was replacing an older, more disconnected style". The Protopopovs, like single skaters Sonja Henie in the 1930s and Dick Button in the 1940s, while winning multiple Olympic medals, "altered dramatically the direction of figure skating", and marked the beginning... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pair_skating |
The United Kingdom, Canada, and the USSR proceeded to research and develop nuclear energy over the course of the late 1940s and early 1950s. Electricity was generated for the first time by a nuclear reactor on December 20, 1951, at the EBR-I experimental station near Arco, Idaho, which initially produced about 100 kW. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_nuclear_power |
John Henry's "brother" is apparently behind the company Kaliba, which is responsible for constructing the Hunter-Killer prototype. This AI (presumably the true precursor to Skynet) also refers to John Henry as its "brother" at one point. In the episode "Gnothi Seauton", it was revealed that Skynet also sends its Termin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_(Terminator) |
With respect to alcohol, the American Academy of Pediatrics states that when breastfeeding, "moderation is definitely advised" and recommends waiting for 2 hours after drinking before nursing or pumping. A 2014 review found that "even in a theoretical case of binge drinking, the children would not be subjected to clini... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breastfeeding_difficulties |
Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRGs) is the best-known classification system that is used in this funding model. It classifies acute inpatient episodes into a number of manageable categories based on clinical condition and resource consumption. A single acute episode of inpatient care is allocated to one DRG using coded cli... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_mix |
For more than 20 years, most of the work was carried out by groups of teachers on a voluntary basis. Throughout these years and on into the 1980s Council staff and associates made distinguished contributions to educational research, often setting world standards. Two key reports were the reports of 1921 and 1947 nation... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Council_for_Research_in_Education |
The critical engine of a multi-engine fixed-wing aircraft is the engine that, in the event of failure, would most adversely affect the performance or handling abilities of an aircraft. On propeller aircraft, there is a difference in the remaining yawing moments after failure of the left or the right (outboard) engine w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_engine |
release title follows in bold type in parentheses (note how many times Maciste's name in the Italian title is altered to an entirely different name in the American title): Maciste nella valle dei re / Maciste in the Valley of the Kings (Son of Samson, 1960) a.k.a. Maciste the Mighty, a.k.a. Maciste the Giant, starring ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_and_sandal |
Some devices have shipped with ChromiumOS preinstalled. In May 2011, Dell also released a new build for the Dell Inspiron Mini 10v netbook, following up on an earlier build released almost 18 months earlier. The build did not support audio, but was bootable from a USB drive. Other devices include the Kogan Agora Chromi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium_OS |
Education plays various roles in society, including in social, economic, and personal fields. On a social level, education makes it possible to establish and sustain a stable society. It helps people acquire the basic skills needed to interact with their environment and fulfill their needs and desires. In modern societ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formal_learning |
In Indonesian cuisine, two types of coconut milk are found, thin coconut milk and thick coconut milk. The difference depends on the water and oil content. Thin coconut milk is usually used for soups such as sayur lodeh and soto, while the thicker variety is used for rendang and desserts. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_cuisine |
Factors such as dynamic lie (The angle of the shaft at impact relative to the ground and its manufactured neutral angle), strike location if the player is using a wood due to the curved face, and external factors such as wind and debris. To keep the aerodynamics optimal, the golf ball needs to be clean, including all d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_ball |
Other advanced analysis tools include: The "Greenhouse gas protocol": this is an intergovernmental data service used by the major international bodies for organizing the greenhouse gas data and reporting requirements. The protocols are organized by industry. The "EcoFootprint": this is a method of measuring a building'... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_Impact_Measures |
In 2003, the Holiday Parks Association phonecard introduced as a E-Phone card. Later the card changed to a TalkPlus Global card. In 2010, TelstraClear introduced the Prepaid Max card, which is only available online. In 2014 Vodafone issued the SuperGold phonecard. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TelstraClear |
It is a well illustrated volume of 1305 pages in a very large format that presents a wealth of morphological data. Unfortunately, all of these data are only interpreted in terms of classical morphology and the qualitative homology concept, disregarding modern conceptional innovations. Including continuum and process mo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_morphology |
The sculpture probably formed a part of a low church screen, possibly separating the chancel and the nave. The stone had been moved inside the old church for protection and was destroyed in the fire of 1869. Meigle 11 is another recumbent monument and is the largest of the recumbent stones from Meigle. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meigle_Sculptured_Stone_Museum |
These ports are connected by a manifold and piping to the condenser, lowering the pressure in the chamber below that of the atmosphere causing rapid exhausting. Continued rotation of the crank moves the piston. From the animation, the features of a uniflow engine can be seen, with a large piston almost half the length ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skinner_Unaflow_engine |
In this classification method, the identity and location of some of the land-cover types are obtained beforehand from a combination of fieldwork, interpretation of aerial photography, map analysis, and personal experience. The analyst would locate sites that have similar characteristics to the known land-cover types. T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multispectral_pattern_recognition |
These projects provide a similar functionality to LAPACK, but with a main interface differing from that of LAPACK: Libflame A dense linear algebra library. Has a LAPACK-compatible wrapper. Can be used with any BLAS, although BLIS is the preferred implementation. Eigen A header library for linear algebra. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAPACK |
For the 5-storey industrial building 460 tonnes of steel was used and approximately 35,000 m of welding seam was formed.In 1941, the patented Kaell-Kjellberg-Lundin method considerably improved the efficiency of metal working. In this technique, a double wire electrode was welded in three arcs simultaneously. At that t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kjellberg_Finsterwalde |
Peter S. Eagleson (27 February 1928 - 6 January 2021) was an American hydrologist, author of Dynamic Hydrology and Ecohydrology: Darwinian Expression of Vegetation Form and Function. He taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1952 and was a Professor Emeritus. He held professional positions including ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_S._Eagleson |
When mounted on the inside of the rim, they are no longer easily accessible for battery change and the RF link must overcome the attenuating effects of the tire which increases the energy need. A direct TPMS sensor consists of the following main functions requiring only a few external components — e.g. battery, housing... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tire_pressure_monitoring_system |
Stars and planets rotate in the first place because conservation of angular momentum turns random drifting of parts of the molecular cloud that they form from into rotating motion as they coalesce. Given this average rotation of the whole body, internal differential rotation is caused by convection in stars which is a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_rotation |
In the early 1900s auxlangs were already becoming a subject of academic study. Louis Couturat et al. described the controversy in the preface to their book International Language and Science: The question of a so-called world-language, or better expressed, an international auxiliary language, was during the now past Vo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auxiliary_languages |
Applicable to: any square complex matrix A. Decomposition: A = U P {\displaystyle A=UP} (right polar decomposition) or A = P ′ U {\displaystyle A=P'U} (left polar decomposition), where U is a unitary matrix and P and P' are positive semidefinite Hermitian matrices. Uniqueness: P {\displaystyle P} is always unique and e... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_decomposition |
A Grammar of the English Language, In a Series of Letters: Intended for the Use of Schools and of Young Persons in General, but more especially for the use of Soldiers, Sailors, Apprentices, and Plough-Boys. New York and Chicago: A. S. Barnes and Company. Cobbett, William (2003) . | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_grammar |
This theory found very wide scholarly acceptance and explained many previously puzzling features of the Homeric poems, including their unusually archaic language, their extensive use of stock epithets, and their other "repetitive" features. Many scholars concluded that the "Homeric question" had finally been answered.M... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeric_epic |
The project was governed by a legally binding cooperative agreement between DOE and the Alliance. Under the agreement, DOE was to provide 74% of the project’s cost, with private industry contributing the other 26%. The DOE also planned to solicit the financial support and participation of international governments in t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FutureGen |
In fact, a substance that burns less rapidly (i.e. slow combustion) may actually evolve more total heat than an explosive that detonates rapidly (i.e. fast combustion). In the former, slow combustion converts more of the internal energy (i.e. chemical potential) of the burning substance into heat released to the surrou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosive_force |
Skeleton nesting is the capability of hierarchical composition of skeleton patterns. Skeleton Nesting was identified as an important feature in skeleton programming from the very beginning, because it allows the composition of more complex patterns starting from a basic set of simpler patterns. Nevertheless, it has tak... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithmic_skeleton |
However, demand for the Beetle was relatively high, especially in the 1990s, with the workforce increasing at the start of the decade. The price of the base model (without even a radio) was pegged with the official minimum wage, by an agreement between the company and the government. In 1990 it cost US$5,300. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VW_beetle |
Dobson and Ramlogan determine trade openness by the ratio of exports and imports (the total trade) and the average tariff rate; inequality is determined by gross primary school enrolment rates, the share of agriculture in total output, the rate of inflation, and cumulative privatization. By studying data from several L... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuznets_curve |
This book was reviewed in 1939 by Ernest R. Hilgard. Skinner looks at science behavior and how the analysis of behavior produces data which can be studied, rather than acquiring data through a conceptual or neural process. In the book, behavior is classified either as respondent or operant behavior, where respondent be... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Behavior_of_Organisms |
The researchers found the effect of using EnChroma glasses is similar to glasses where the use of color filters changes the user's perception and increases the contrast among the colors, such as those used for shooting or hunting. The research showed that EnChroma glasses did not reveal any improvement in the Ishihara ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EnChroma |
As for any unique factorization domain, a greatest common divisor (gcd) of two Gaussian integers a, b is a Gaussian integer d that is a common divisor of a and b, which has all common divisors of a and b as divisor. That is (where | denotes the divisibility relation), d | a and d | b, and c | a and c | b implies c | d.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaussian_primes |
287 = 7·41, sum of three consecutive primes (89 + 97 + 101), sum of five consecutive primes (47 + 53 + 59 + 61 + 67), sum of nine consecutive primes (17 + 19 + 23 + 29 + 31 + 37 + 41 + 43 + 47), pentagonal number. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/280_(number) |
The EMP Commission Executive Report of 2004 states, "In general, it would not be an issue for critical infrastructure systems since they have existing protective measures for defense against occasional lightning strikes. The most significant risk is synergistic because the E2 component follows a small fraction of a sec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_EMP |
This enhances manoeuvrability. An early example was flown on the Westland N.16 of 1917. Variable thickness: the upper wing centre section can be raised to increase wing thickness and camber for landing and take-off, and reduced for high speed. Charles Rocheville and others flew some experimental aircraft. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wing_configuration |
As such, terrorist groups have the potential to utilize many different types of terrorism tactics depending on the circumstances and the perceived likelihood of success. Some tactics are more conventional and widely used in the operations of many terrorist groups. These tactics include shootings, hijackings, kidnapping... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactics_of_terrorism |
The water and other impurities will remain liquid while the acetic acid will precipitate out. As of 2003–2005, total worldwide production of virgin acetic acid was estimated at 5 Mt/a (million tonnes per year), approximately half of which was produced in the United States. European production was approximately 1 Mt/a a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methanol_carbonylation |
The prevailing view is that religious education would contravene the constitutional separation of state and religion. In place of RE, there is a short but nonetheless compulsory subject called "Ethics" (道徳（どうとく）, doutoku, lit. "morality") in primary school, where the purpose is to teach moral values rather than to teac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_education_in_primary_and_secondary_education |
He has criticized the corporate takeover of medicine and the corrupting influence of the pharmaceutical industry on medicine. This includes dubious claims about chemical imbalance as a marketing ploy for selling antidepressants, direct-to-consumer advertising of pharmaceuticals, industry-sponsored clinical research, an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leemon_McHenry |
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has score of 81% based on reviews from 26 critics. The websites consensus states: "The Future of Food is a one-sided, but revelatory documentary about the dangers of genetically modified food. "Wesley Morris of The Boston Globe made a tongue-in-cheek comparison to the horror genre by writing... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Future_of_Food |
Large-scale rock-cut structures were built in Ancient Egypt. Among these monuments was the Great Temple of Ramesses II, known as Abu Simbel, located along the Nile in Nubia, near the borders of Sudan about 300 kilometers from Aswan in Egypt. It dates from about the 19th Dynasty (ca. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock-cut_architecture |
Repeatability (r2) is the proportion of phenotypic variance attributable to differences in repeated measures of the same subject, arising from later records. It is used particularly for long-lived species. This value can only be determined for traits that manifest multiple times in the organism's lifetime, such as adul... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meristic_trait |
The Main Concourse's ceiling is an elliptical barrel vault, with its base at an elevation of 121.5 feet and its crown at 160.25 feet. A skylight was originally supposed to be installed to provide light into the terminal, and accommodations were made for a large ceiling light, in case an office building were to be const... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Concourse |
Teasing is found more useful because it allows the child to feel and understand the relevant effect of their behavior instead of receiving out-of-context feedback. Some parents in Indigenous American communities believe it mildly embarrasses the children in a shared reference to give them a good sense of the consequenc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teasing |
With that in mind, the average density of a supermassive black hole can be less than the density of water. The Schwarzschild radius of a body is proportional to its mass and therefore to its volume, assuming that the body has a constant mass-density. In contrast, the physical radius of the body is proportional to the c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwarzschild_radius |
Pygame uses the Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) library, with the intention of allowing real-time computer game development without the low-level mechanics of the C programming language and its derivatives. This is based on the assumption that the most expensive functions inside games can be abstracted from the game log... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygame |
Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAA) involve the aorta in the chest and abdomen. As such, major branch arteries to the head, arms, spinal cord, intestines, and kidneys may originate from the aneurysm. An endovascular repair of a TAAA is only possible if blood flow to these critical arteries is preserved. Hybrid pro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endovascular_aneurysm_repair |
Several of Trump's comments at the press conference mirrored those appearing earlier on Fox News.According to Dylan Byers of CNN, Fox News' coverage on the day of the press conference "was heavy with "whataboutism". The average Fox viewer was likely left with the impression that the media's criticism of Trump and lefti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News |
On 29 June 2020, the Indian Government banned 59 Chinese mobile apps, most notably TikTok, supported by Section 69A and citing national security interests. On 24 November 2020, another 43 Chinese mobile apps were banned supported by the same reasoning, most notably AliExpress. 54 more apps including popular video game ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Technology_Act,_2000 |
Wiggle matching involves taking a series of radiocarbon dates where the prior knowledge about the true calendar dates of the samples can be expressed as known differences in age between those samples, or occasionally as differences in age with some small uncertainty. The series of radiocarbon dates can then be matched ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallstatt_plateau |
The researchers also found a correlation between paternal age and offspring death by injury or poisoning, indicating the need to control for social and behavioral confounding factors.In 2012, a study showed that greater age at paternity tends to increase telomere length in offspring for up to two generations. Since tel... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternal_age_effect |
The carnelian cube of the title is a small red "dream stone" confiscated by archaeologist Arthur Cleveland Finch from Tiridat Ariminian, one of the workers on the dig he is supervising in Cappadocia. It bears an inscription in Etruscan that appears to identify its original possessor as Apollonius of Tyana, and supposed... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carnelian_Cube |
Norrie disease is a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations in the NDP gene, located on Xp11.4 (GeneID: 4693). It is inherited in an X-linked recessive manner. This means that almost only males are affected. Sons of affected men will not have the mutation, while all of their daughters will be genetic carriers of the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norrie_disease |
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