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<urn:uuid:c07b90c1-949d-4495-91c8-adae174d369c>_0 | Objective: To determine the prevalence of infant exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) among infants attending child health clinics in regional NSW; the association between such exposure and household smoking behaviours; and the factors associated with smoking restrictions in households with infants. Methods: P... |
<urn:uuid:6fb9d395-c8c3-4011-ba0a-f68f81445448>_0 | Did You Know... The Facts About HPV? The Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania Last Modified: January 13, 2008 - HPV is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases in the world. - By age 50, about 80% of women have been infected by some type of HPV. - Most HPV infections do not cause any sym... |
<urn:uuid:2480913d-15e6-40fb-bd2f-6aef45cf4cc6>_0 | SAINT ALEXANDER NEVSKY Alexander Nevsky (1220-1263) was proclaimed Saint of the Russian Orthodox Church by Metropolite Macarius in 1547 ||| Back to the Royal Russia News Archive ||| ||| Royal Russia Bulletin - Our Official Blog. Updated Daily With News Clips, Videos & Photographs ||| ||| Royal Russia Video & Film Archi... |
<urn:uuid:2480913d-15e6-40fb-bd2f-6aef45cf4cc6>_1 | Holy Trinity and made up his mind to fight. The two armies met on the banks of the Neva River. One was the army of the proud invader, the other – of the Russian combatants. Our Lord helped his hermit — Prince Alexander. The legend has it that a soldier named Philip had a miraculous vision on the eve of the battle. He w... |
<urn:uuid:2480913d-15e6-40fb-bd2f-6aef45cf4cc6>_2 | capital of the “Golden Horde” on three occasions. And every time he was not sure he would return. But he never lost heart, for he was sure that God would not leave him. In the “Golden Horde” Prince Alexander always remembered he was not only a prince but also a Christian. He told pagans and Muslims about the Christian ... |
<urn:uuid:2480913d-15e6-40fb-bd2f-6aef45cf4cc6>_3 | Alexander Nevsky be transferred to St. Petersburg, to the monastery built in his honor. On August 30 the capital of the Russian Empire welcomed the boat carrying the holy relics. Peter the Great piloted the boat himself; senior officials assisted him as sailors. A festive religious service for the Grand Prince took pla... |
<urn:uuid:78507a5a-ee15-4d6b-ad54-97268b6b77ec>_0 | Many conditions during pregnancy or labor can make a C-section necessary, including: Prolonged or ineffective labor Placenta issues if the placenta is positioned abnormally low in the cervix (placenta previa), it can block the birth canal. The placenta can also suddenly separate from the uterus (placenta abruptia), cau... |
<urn:uuid:060c7c0a-7914-4268-ba4d-692994040b5a>_0 | Some of school going kids uses Electricity and Magnetism related science projects Experiments in there school’s science fair. children’s always trying to know that what is a magnet or something about electricity. Someone can make electricity and Magnetism Science Fair Projects Using Batteries, Balloons etc. these Elect... |
<urn:uuid:62e46120-c5fa-4204-ad44-3599df504842>_0 | About this site The main goal of Across Cultures is to celebrate Canadian cultural diversity by highlighting the extraordinary contributions that different communities have made to Canada, as well as the many challenges they have had to face, while acknowledging the less praiseworthy moments in Canadian history regardi... |
<urn:uuid:62e46120-c5fa-4204-ad44-3599df504842>_1 | always available and easily accessed for viewing. Clearly, we cannot claim to cover every aspect of diversity, describe every issue, raise every question, or mention the challenges and achievements of every ethnic and cultural community in the country. Across Cultures does, however, provide an excellent introduction to... |
<urn:uuid:37656ef5-b908-4c95-a371-46214e59590e>_0 | Aleja wakes up very early in the morning, as she does every Saturday, to go to the market and buy the groceries for the week. She takes with her the same amount of money she usually does, but to her surprise she can’t even buy half of the things she needs. At home, Aleja has five small children waiting for her to bring... |
<urn:uuid:471ac2ee-9ae9-4ba4-873f-f68c3ed27f25>_0 | Digital Audio Networking Demystified The OSI model helps bring order to the chaos of various digital audio network options. Credit: Randall Fung/Corbis Networking has been a source of frustration and confusion for pro AV professionals for decades. Fortunately, the International Organization of Standardization, more com... |
<urn:uuid:471ac2ee-9ae9-4ba4-873f-f68c3ed27f25>_1 | packets. The sender never knows if it actually arrives or not. Professional audio applications have not used UDP because they are typically Physical layer or Data Link layer technologies — not Transport layer. However, a newcomer to professional audio networking, Australia-based Audinate, has recently become the first ... |
<urn:uuid:471ac2ee-9ae9-4ba4-873f-f68c3ed27f25>_2 | to the Data Link and Physical layers to be transported on Ethernet devices. Ethernet is both a logical and physical technology that packetizes or “frames” the audio in the Data Link layer and sends it to the Physical layer to be moved to another device on the network. Ethernet's Physical layer also has a Physical layer... |
<urn:uuid:471ac2ee-9ae9-4ba4-873f-f68c3ed27f25>_3 | audio industry have so many technologies? Why can't there be one standard like there is in the data industry? The answer to the first question relates to time. Audio requires synchronous delivery of bits. Early Ethernet networks weren't much concerned with time. Ethernet is asynchronous, meaning there isn't a concern w... |
<urn:uuid:471ac2ee-9ae9-4ba4-873f-f68c3ed27f25>_4 | Ethernet networking scheme with low latency and better bit-depth and higher sampling rate than CobraNet. The market timing and concern over latency gave EtherSound an excellent entry point. But since reducing latency down to 124 microseconds limits available bandwidth for data traffic, a dedicated network is required f... |
<urn:uuid:471ac2ee-9ae9-4ba4-873f-f68c3ed27f25>_5 | low-latency audio transport using standard Ethernet 802.3 technology. Dante comes to the market after significant change and growth and Gigabit networking and new technologies like IEEE 1588 to solve many of challenges of using Ethernet in real-time systems. Networking audio and video can seem chaotic, but gaining an u... |
<urn:uuid:e965dce6-d5f5-44b9-932c-bffad7cbea19>_0 | Definitions for acanthosis nigricans acanthosis nigricans, keratosis nigricans(noun) a skin disease characterized by dark wartlike patches in the body folds; can be benign or malignant U.S. National Library of Medicine A circumscribed melanosis consisting of a brown-pigmented, velvety verrucosity or fine papillomatosis... |
<urn:uuid:8c0c846c-d799-4940-be43-00d219ed7bc8>_0 | Eye tracking is a process that identifies a specific point in both space and time that is being looked at by the observer. This information can also be used in real-time to control applications using the eyes. Recent innovations in the video game industry include alternative input modalities to provide an enhanced, mor... |
<urn:uuid:05b0838c-b50b-41ff-8751-461d3e7d5199>_0 | MONTFERMEIL, France (AP) -- The streets in one of the Paris region's toughest housing projects, burgeoning with immigrants, bear names like Cezanne, Picasso and Utrillo, as if to stamp the French heritage onto the psyches of its residents. But neither the names of the great masters nor the idyllic images conjured up by... |
<urn:uuid:05b0838c-b50b-41ff-8751-461d3e7d5199>_1 | to get to Paris. "They've done everything to keep us closed among ourselves," said a 34-year-old born in France of Algerian parents. "It is they who don't want us to integrate." Like most residents of the projects, the man, who works with a private fire department, refused to identify himself by name. Discrimination is... |
<urn:uuid:ad8d8b89-e64e-4c8c-a837-922392c50742>_0 | TV is one of the most popular forms of media. As much as there are many people who might want to dispute this, a majority of people still find themselves drawn to the entertainment box. Radio which was more popular in the previous generation is slowly losing its glory. This is mostly because there are numerous gadgets ... |
<urn:uuid:b10dbb94-fad8-468b-aff7-b26cb6722a09>_0 | One of the great bits of repartee in The King’s Speech comes as the maverick Australian speech therapist, Lionel Logue, is just getting to know His Royal Highness Prince Albert, the stammering Duke of York: Logue: “Surely a prince’s brain knows what his mouth’s doing?” Bertie: “You’re obviously not well acquainted with... |
<urn:uuid:b10dbb94-fad8-468b-aff7-b26cb6722a09>_1 | hope. But he was concerned about Europe’s future, and his concerns have turned out to be entirely prescient. Otto von Habsburg’s father, Emperor Karl, was beatified by John Paul II in 2004. The late pope once greeted Archduke Otto’s mother, Empress Zita, by saying that he was “happy to receive the widow of my father’s ... |
<urn:uuid:cf6b712a-8b66-47e4-a30e-29c063f0b066>_0 | Bipolar Disorder: Hypomanic Episodes Hypomanic episodes can occur in people who have mood disorders. Hypomanic episodes are less severe than manic episodes, although a hypomanic episode can still interfere with your ability to function properly. Hypomania may be diagnosed if: - A distinct period of elevated or irritabl... |
<urn:uuid:fa5c2fa1-af36-4ff5-8788-a254b8275e51>_0 | An accessor method is an instance method that gets or sets the value of a property of an object. In Cocoa’s terminology, a method that retrieves the value of an object’s property is referred to as a getter method, or “getter;” a method that changes the value of an object’s property is referred to as a setter method, or... |
<urn:uuid:4cc9b21b-9ac9-4733-b1e7-35a758cedd90>_0 | Identifying time lags in the restoration of grassland butterfly communities: a multi-site assessment Woodcock, B.A.; Bullock, J.M.; Mortimer, S.R.; Brereton, T.; Redhead, J.W.; Thomas, J.A.; Pywell, R.F.. 2012 Identifying time lags in the restoration of grassland butterfly communities: a multi-site assessment. Biologic... |
<urn:uuid:2ec01d0c-807c-44a2-b57d-bcae60101f03>_0 | You are browsing the web and suddenly come across a page that displays numbers instead of letters? You see four numbers inside a little box instead of letters? Well then you might just be missing a Unicode font. Here is a simple fix. Those four numbers inside the little box are the hexadecimal code for the letter. If y... |
<urn:uuid:8f830757-4651-4164-af8b-bf91bc721caa>_0 | A diplomatic crisis is engulfing part of Borneo, after Filipino rebels seized control of a remote section of Malaysia’s Sabah state as part of an unresolved territorial dispute that stretches back centuries. Malaysian security forces have surrounded 100 to 200 members of the Royal Army of Sulu, who have holed up in the... |
<urn:uuid:8f830757-4651-4164-af8b-bf91bc721caa>_1 | journalists who were in Sabah to report on the standoff. The group was eventually released after being held and interrogated for at least six hours. Liew Chin Tong, a Democratic Action Party MP and shadow Defense Minister for the Pakatan Rakyat opposition coalition of Malaysia, tells TIME that the country is now suffer... |
<urn:uuid:2eac1533-a580-48a0-9d16-f60afed89bad>_0 | Stop by the library to fill out an application to get a library card. To get a card, the hopeful patron must present a photo identification and at least one proof of residence (a utility bill, an envelope mailed to yourself). Minors must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. This spring, everyone will be recieving a ... |
<urn:uuid:8f8ec58b-1a8f-4afd-8a3e-5e77c6bbf2ca>_0 | General Information / Education / Medical / Cultural / Entertainment The History ... Cumberland Gap has been used as a crossing point in the Appalachian Mountains. Animals have used it as a path to the green pastures of Kentucky. Native Americans used the Gap as the Warrior's Path that led from the Potomac River down t... |
<urn:uuid:8f8ec58b-1a8f-4afd-8a3e-5e77c6bbf2ca>_1 | higher education needs of our tri-state area and beyond. We are excited by that heritage, and we invite you to share it! The University offers a talented, dedicated faculty and staff, a strong and varied curriculum, a well-rounded student life, a beautiful campus, and excellent facilities. In keeping with its Lincoln l... |
<urn:uuid:ff296fbf-229d-4b32-9143-e1023cdf4f1c>_0 | NetWellness is a global, community service providing quality, unbiased health information from our partner university faculty. NetWellness is commercial-free and does not accept advertising. Saturday, May 18, 2013 Cold and Flu Catching Colds and Flu I wasn`t sure which catergory this would come under, but it involves c... |
<urn:uuid:ed7842f6-485f-401b-96c7-6ca3e6045411>_0 | Buried inside Robert Bryce’s relatively new book entitled Power Hungry is a call to “aggressively pursue taxes or caps on the emissions of neurotoxins, particularly those that come from burning coal” to generate electricity such as mercury and lead. This is notable not because Bryce agrees with many environmental and h... |
<urn:uuid:10b103c1-284b-41c5-8dc9-bc9d1b7577ea>_0 | Deaths in Moscow have doubled to an average of 700 people a day as the Russian capital is engulfed by poisonous smog from wildfires and a sweltering heat wave, a top health official said today, according to the Associated Press. The Russian newspaper Pravda reported: “Moscow is suffocating. Thick toxic smog has been co... |
<urn:uuid:10b103c1-284b-41c5-8dc9-bc9d1b7577ea>_1 | community Readers are encouraged to comment on this and other posts–and to share similar stories, photos and links–on the Nat Geo News Watch Facebook page. You must sign up to be a member of Facebook and a fan of the blog page to do this. Leave a comment on this page You may also email David Braun (email@example.com) i... |
<urn:uuid:06038c8e-90d1-4164-95a8-b7f743ee2869>_0 | New to Typophile? Accounts are free, and easy to set up. In current practice, usage of the term case most likely refers to the use of uppercase (capital) or lowercase letters. See some examples below. In letterpress practice, case refers to the physical box (case), usually wooden, that a given set of letters is stored.... |
<urn:uuid:2bd8bc63-0ea9-4134-8957-a9c8e63a7056>_0 | |born on||11 March 1611 at 12:00 (= 12:00 noon )| |Place||Southwick, England, 50n50, 0w13| |Timezone||LMT m0w13 (is local mean time)| |Astrology data||20°32' 15°14 Asc. 17°30'| British scientist, a brilliant linguist and mathematician. He was the son of a non-conformist clergyman who died when the boy was five and left... |
<urn:uuid:6b97b0e6-b4fe-4444-96af-1e5e97be9b8b>_0 | What fun it is to build a snowman each year! This Shared Reading book is similar to the familar "Buckle My Shoe" but with original text. It shows each step necessary to make a snowman. It is a perfect way to develop the concept of sequencing with your students. ?This full colored printable comes with matching pictures ... |
<urn:uuid:cbaed394-8c49-43f9-8158-1c78ccd127c2>_0 | Variation is a term used in genetic science, and concerns the emergence of different varieties, or species. This genetic phenomenon causes individuals or groups within a given species to possess different features from others. For example, all human beings on Earth possess essentially the same genetic information. But ... |
<urn:uuid:cbaed394-8c49-43f9-8158-1c78ccd127c2>_1 | genetic information to species. For that reason, no variation can be regarded as an example of evolution. The Danish scientist W. L. Johannsen summarizes the situation: The variations upon which Darwin and Wallace placed their emphasis cannot be selectively pushed beyond a certain point, that such variability does not ... |
<urn:uuid:cbaed394-8c49-43f9-8158-1c78ccd127c2>_2 | published in the magazine Evolutionary Theory: Since it is not possible to unambiguously identify useless structures, and since the structure of the argument used is not scientifically valid, I conclude that ‘vestigial organs’ provide no special evidence for the theory of evolution.272 Evolutionists also make a signifi... |
<urn:uuid:e0afd3d8-8fbf-4b4b-97fa-d0872c3e4772>_0 | The dangers of feeding lorikeets Lorikeet feeding habits Lorikeets are brightly coloured parrots of the family Psittacidae and sub-family Loriinae (lories and lorikeets). Six species are found in Australia, although further species occur in New Guinea, Indonesia and many South Pacific islands. The tip of a lorikeet's t... |
<urn:uuid:9d906c38-8304-413e-95f2-fa363a9fe708>_0 | Doing u-substitution twice (second time with w) Example where we do substitution twice to get the integral into a reasonable form Doing u-substitution twice (second time with w) ⇐ Use this menu to view and help create subtitles for this video in many different languages. You'll probably want to hide YouTube's captions ... |
<urn:uuid:9d906c38-8304-413e-95f2-fa363a9fe708>_1 | negative 1 over here, and a negative 1 right over there. - And if we do it in that form, then this negative 1 times du -- - that's the same thing as negative du -- this is this right over here. - And so we can rewrite our integral -- it's going to be equal to -- - now it's going to be negative 1/5 -- trying to use the ... |
<urn:uuid:9d906c38-8304-413e-95f2-fa363a9fe708>_2 | that's not a question about this content? This discussion area is not meant for answering homework questions. Share a tip When naming a variable, it is okay to use most letters, but some are reserved, like 'e', which represents the value 2.7831... Have something that's not a tip or feedback about this content? This dis... |
<urn:uuid:0aee6d75-e2cf-43c9-82ef-c467587a8389>_0 | Definitions of bullying Bullying is when a person or a group repeatedly and intentionally uses or abuse their power to intimidate, hurt, oppress or damage someone else. It can be covert or cyber-based (happening online through social networks or even through mobile phones). Bullying can be physical or emotional. Accord... |
<urn:uuid:20d5c826-5439-4744-84ba-f2c0d47f370f>_0 | Summer is usually the time for beach fun and barbeques but if you're stuck inside with a miserable cold, you may be sick longer than usual. Medical experts are now saying that summer colds can last longer and have a higher chance of recurring than winter colds. Winter viruses that cause upper respiratory infections are... |
<urn:uuid:ca11177c-8f6e-47aa-bf65-328acb265754>_0 | Studies of a thigh bone fossil have uncovered strong evidence that a human-like creature walked upright six million years ago rather than the widely accepted four million years ago. Walking on two feet, bipedalism , is one of the characteristics that distinguishes apes from humans. ‘Dating the beginnings of bipedalism ... |
<urn:uuid:ca50703c-be5e-4ae8-b152-642554eb74ed>_0 | After failing to win reelection to the Congress Morris moved to Philadelphia and resumed his law practice. A series of newspaper articles on finance secured him the post of assistant to Robert Morris (no relative) in handling the finances of the new government (1781-85). In this position he planned the U.S. decimal coi... |
<urn:uuid:ca50703c-be5e-4ae8-b152-642554eb74ed>_1 | New York City, a forerunner of the modern New York Guard. After the Battle of Long Island in August 1776, the British seized New York City and his family's estate. His mother, a Loyalist, gave the estate over to the British for military use. Because his estate was now in the possession of the enemy, he was no longer el... |
<urn:uuid:ca50703c-be5e-4ae8-b152-642554eb74ed>_2 | Richard Morris, served in the Vermont legislature and in the United States Congress. His grandnephew was William M. Meredith, United States Secretary of the Treasury under Zachary Taylor. Morris's great-grandson, also named Gouverneur (1876-1953), was an author of pulp novels and short stories during the early twentiet... |
<urn:uuid:cd6f5793-37ef-4050-ada7-07a73ce582e4>_0 | Habitat Affects Escape Behavior of Birds It seems birds of the same species raised in diverse settings behave differently in the face of a threat. Birds raised in an urban environment react differently than country-bred birds when faced with a predator. A study undertaken by Diego Ibanez-Alamo, researcher at the Univer... |
<urn:uuid:fd2fc2d7-ff17-4181-a9c1-8cd3dea5fa75>_0 | FDA OKs Nexium for Kids 1-11 FDA Approves Nexium for Short-Term Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) in Young Children Feb. 28, 2008 -- The FDA today approved short-term use of the drug Nexium for children aged 1-11 with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). The FDA OK'd Nexium in two forms -- a delaye... |
<urn:uuid:6e93fe2b-c79c-4a5b-bddd-d6a159374e81>_0 | I was helping a friend with setting up her iMac computer yesterday for genealogy and she said something that caught my attention. She said, "I have to learn what all the genealogy terms mean." That brought home a common problem with all specializations; learning the jargon. Jargon is a really a technical term I became ... |
<urn:uuid:1ca79dbb-a837-4931-90f1-0987fae2bad7>_0 | Editor’s Note: Ronald E. Hall, Ph.D. is a professor at Michigan State University and the author of "The Melanin Millennium." He has lectured on skin color both domestically and internationally, and testified as an expert witness in skin color discrimination cases. His forthcoming book is a revised edition of "The Color... |
<urn:uuid:1ca79dbb-a837-4931-90f1-0987fae2bad7>_1 | has been telling of the increase in acknowledging colorism in the United States, and recent studies have also explored the topic around the world. Eurogamy is a discriminatory marital pattern based on having light skin. Eurogamy was demonstrated in a study done in Asia using random samples of a mail-order bride magazin... |
<urn:uuid:9124bd57-926a-43e8-966a-169164a4176e>_0 | Title IX built generation of better athletesby Alex Friedrich, Minnesota Public Radio ST. PAUL, Minn. — For the girls at this year's Minnesota high school track and field championships, Title IX is a lesson in a history book. The sports it helped open up now dominate the lives of many of the girls. Take 18-year-old Ait... |
<urn:uuid:9124bd57-926a-43e8-966a-169164a4176e>_1 | expense of men's programs. While women now outnumber men on many college campuses, critics note that fewer women play college sports. The American Sports Council, a group that wants to Congress to overhaul Title IX, has filed two lawsuits contesting the requirement of proportional sports offerings. Council media direct... |
<urn:uuid:d98c45fc-0842-42c1-be0e-559356cd3679>_0 | Great apes go through mid-life crisis They may not take up surfing or start second careers as cupcake-makers, but chimpanzees and orangutans seem to go through a ‘mid-life crisis’, just like humans. A study of 508 great apes in captivity shows that the animals’ sense of well-being bottoms out in their late 20s to mid-3... |
<urn:uuid:4cb83bfd-7a4b-43d4-b30c-4cc358633a50>_0 | Even if, internationally, Austria is not considered to be a special case, there is still widespread agreement on the fact that cooperation and the coordination of interests between the federations is one of this country’s distinctive features. The common definition for this type of cooperation is “social partnership”. ... |
<urn:uuid:4cb83bfd-7a4b-43d4-b30c-4cc358633a50>_1 | Since the 1980s, economic, social and political changes have become apparent in Austria, too. Evidence of this lies in reduced economic growth, rising budgetary deficits, increasing competition and unemployment, and an expanding rivalry between the political parties. Against this backdrop, it has not only become more d... |
<urn:uuid:1092c38d-3421-415a-be56-5c3963664b20>_0 | "From the creators of Animachines, a playful way for kids to learn actions, animals, and opposites." Opposites are everywhere in our world. A day at the park will reveal busy kids and active animals doing opposite actions. There, on the slide: Sam goes up as Hiroko zips down. And there, in the tree: one squirrel climbs... |
<urn:uuid:507b5db3-5b77-4c98-9bf9-9e586af2ff36>_0 | January 10, 2002 Parshat Vaerah (Exodus 6:2-9:35) From the Torah's beginning until its end, God is portrayed as being personally involved in the welfare of humanity. Deism is not a Jewish notion. God is not an "unmoved mover," the proverbial clockmaker who after assembling and winding his ware, steps back watching it t... |
<urn:uuid:33d1ac47-0039-4ab9-bb75-7bac80e23076>_0 | By Vendor > AgBio Communications > grassland plants of south dakota and the northern great plains grassland plants of south dakota and the northern great plains "Learning to identify and understand the plants that produce the forage, provide the cover, protect the soil, and enrich our lives in many ways is an essential... |
<urn:uuid:1b1ebe26-94c4-4b92-bb8f-ba22fa0f2460>_0 | Herbal In Italy ( Originally Published 1912 ) The Italian botanists of the Renaissance devoted them-selves chiefly to interpreting the works of the classical writers on Natural History, and to the identification of the plants to which they referred. This came about quite naturally, from the fact that the Mediterranean ... |
<urn:uuid:1b1ebe26-94c4-4b92-bb8f-ba22fa0f2460>_1 | servitudes." His purpose in buying the manuscript seems to have been largely in order to communicate it to Mattioli, who would thus be able to make use of it in preparing his Commentaries on Dioscorides. The personal character of Mattioli does not appear to have been a pleasant one. He engaged in numerous controversies... |
<urn:uuid:1b1ebe26-94c4-4b92-bb8f-ba22fa0f2460>_2 | work which should remedy this state of things. This book was published in 1592, under the name of ` Phytobasanos,' which embodies a quaint conceit after the fashion of the time. The title is a compound Greek word meaning "plant torture," and was apparently employed by Colonna to explain that he had subjected the plants... |
<urn:uuid:859b72c9-5c36-4f90-b40b-9e16cde07631>_0 | NASA scientists captured some footage of Plasma Indirection, a plasma shift on the surface of the Sun that looks like huge tornadoes churning. Pretty amazing stuff. As if it could not make up its mind . . . darker, cooler plasma slid and shifted back and forth above the Sun’s surface seen here for 30 hours (Feb. 7-8, 2... |
<urn:uuid:de1d1846-2553-496a-a929-b3719615d67e>_0 | The benefits of a post-secondary degree are plentiful. For example, an employee with a four year college degree earns 60 percent more than a worker with only a high school diploma. Paying for college, however, has become a daunting task and strain for many American students and families. The cost of higher education ac... |
<urn:uuid:a084608e-2549-48ea-9167-0b08e963d2b3>_0 | We Can End Domestic Abuse If your friend or loved one is experiencing domestic violence or is a survivor, there are many ways you can help to support them. Do respect what she wants to do. Every step is up to her. Do share resources with your friend or loved one. Professionals who work at shelters and on hotlines can h... |
<urn:uuid:aa6c71c9-c0e4-41ca-ab3d-5d51afacd830>_0 | new zealand curriculum The New Zealand Curriculum is built around the acquisition of essential academic and practical skills. It identifies 7 academic or essential These are balanced by 8 practical or essential skills: - Language and languages - Social sciences - The arts - Health & physical - Communication skills - Nu... |
<urn:uuid:aa6c71c9-c0e4-41ca-ab3d-5d51afacd830>_1 | gives everyone a full picture of what students know and can do. - Challenges students of all abilities, in all learning areas - Reports more details about a student's achievement - Is officially recognised in New Zealand and internationally - Is recognised by employers, universities and polytechnics and used as the ben... |
<urn:uuid:aa6c71c9-c0e4-41ca-ab3d-5d51afacd830>_2 | schools. Boarding schools exist mainly at secondary school level. Currently 78 state and integrated schools and 24 private schools have boarding arrangements. The Correspondence School teaches a full range of school Home-based schooling must meet the same standards as registered schools, and approval to exempt the stud... |
<urn:uuid:2f4dd03f-9452-4d19-bff5-a881b710035a>_0 | NINE BANDED ARMADILLO Photo Credit: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service SCIENTIFIC NAME: Dasypus novemcinctus OTHER NAMES: Armadillo, Common Long-Nosed Armadillo DESCRIPTION: The nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) cannot easily be confused with any other North American wild mammal. The armadillo’s body is covered... |
<urn:uuid:2f4dd03f-9452-4d19-bff5-a881b710035a>_1 | remainder of their diet. Researchers also have seen evidence of armadillos feeding on small reptiles and amphibians, the eggs of ground-nesting birds, and carrion. LIFE HISTORY AND ECOLOGY: Armadillos seem to exhibit a polygynous mating system, with most females paired with a single male and most males paired with more... |
<urn:uuid:5aad71b0-ac16-4352-8bfb-a5bccb40b8c8>_0 | Chatrooms, social networking sites “behind generation that can’t spell”November 23rd, 2010 - 6:33 pm ICT by ANI London, Nov 23 (ANI): A study has suggested that Internet chatrooms and social networking sites are to be blamed for children spelling words incorrectly. The study says as people type at speed online, there i... |
<urn:uuid:2d3e80a0-ca7b-4358-80a9-0f5129e87a3e>_0 | Time to think big Did the designation of 2010 as the first-ever International Year of Biodiversity mean anything at all? Is it just a publicity stunt, with no engagement on the real, practical issues of conservation, asks Simon Stuart, Chair of IUCN’s Species Survival Commission. Eight years ago 183 of the world’s gove... |
<urn:uuid:2d3e80a0-ca7b-4358-80a9-0f5129e87a3e>_1 | ensure the sustainability of catches, and dramatically cutting carbon dioxide emissions worldwide to reduce the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification. If the world makes a commitment along these lines, then the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity will have been about more than platitudes. But it will st... |
<urn:uuid:d2464720-2e87-4061-9f5b-3ccfe0c3f6db>_0 | Following Oceana’s newly released report on the harmful impacts of illegal fishing, one of the questions that I as Oceana's Northeast representative was asked most often was, “Where is this happening?” The short answer: Illegal fishing happens everywhere, from the most distant waters near Antarctica to just off t... |
<urn:uuid:d2464720-2e87-4061-9f5b-3ccfe0c3f6db>_1 | with porbeagle sharks in the 2010 CITES meeting in Qatar – an Appendix II listing approved by the Committee evaporated with another vote in plenary. As a result, at that meeting, none of the proposed shark species were granted protection. Now, three years later, we’re hopeful that the international community finall... |
<urn:uuid:d2464720-2e87-4061-9f5b-3ccfe0c3f6db>_2 | dispatches from Doha here. Eight shark species have been proposed for listing to Appendix II of CITES, including the oceanic whitetip, scalloped hammerhead, dusky, sandbar, smooth hammerhead, great hammerhead, porbeagle and spiny dogfish. Listing these species, which are threatened by shark finning, is necessary to ens... |
<urn:uuid:09cf9a85-e36a-490f-a0ab-ab24bed53e87>_0 | SULUJAM INDIANS. Although they were apparently native to the area lying between the San Antonio and Frio rivers south and southeast of San Antonio, the Sulujams were not encountered by the earliest Spanish travelers who traversed parts of southern Texas. They were first seen in 1709 at the site of present-day San Anton... |
<urn:uuid:0024d85b-6eca-46fb-ad55-52228ee500b5>_0 | European Decorative Arts and Sculpture Arched Entrance from the Chapter House of the Carmelite Convent in Limoges (Les Grands Carmes des Arènes)Made in Limoges, western France, France, Europe Second half of 13th century Artist/maker unknown, French 1928-76-1Purchased with funds contributed by Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Tatnall... |
<urn:uuid:759ff0b9-9458-45d0-8deb-368c01089695>_0 | Opportunities and Challenges in High Pressure Processing of Foods By Rastogi, N K; Raghavarao, K S M S; Balasubramaniam, V M; Niranjan, K; Knorr, D Consumers increasingly demand convenience foods of the highest quality in terms of natural flavor and taste, and which are free from additives and preservatives. This deman... |
<urn:uuid:759ff0b9-9458-45d0-8deb-368c01089695>_1 | catalyzing enzymes, whilst retaining other quality attributes, has encouraged Japanese and American food companies to introduce high pressure processed foods in the market (Mermelstein, 1997; Hendrickx, Ludikhuyze, Broeck, and Weemaes, 1998). The first high pressure processed foods were introduced to the Japanese marke... |
<urn:uuid:759ff0b9-9458-45d0-8deb-368c01089695>_2 | approximately 3C per 100 MPa. If the food contains a significant amount of fat, such as butter or cream, the temperature rise is greater (8-9C/100 MPa) (Rasanayagam, Balasubramaniam, Ting, Sizer, Bush, and Anderson, 2003). Foods cool down to their original temperature on decompression if no heat is lost to (or gained f... |
<urn:uuid:759ff0b9-9458-45d0-8deb-368c01089695>_3 | cytoplasmic organelles were grossly deformed and large quantities of intracellular material leaked out, while at 500 MPa, the nucleus could no longer be recognized, and a loss of intracellular material was almost complete (Farr, 1990). Changes that are induced in the cell morphology of the microorganisms are reversible... |
<urn:uuid:759ff0b9-9458-45d0-8deb-368c01089695>_4 | amino acid residues in a denatured state (Okamoto, Kawamura, and Hayashi, 1990). The capability and limitations of HPP have been extensively reviewed (Thakur and Nelson, 1998; Smelt, 1998;Cheftal, 1995; Knorr, 1995; Fair, 1990; Tiwari, Jayas, and Holley, 1999; Cheftel, Levy, and Dumay, 2000; Messens, Van Camp, and Huyg... |
<urn:uuid:759ff0b9-9458-45d0-8deb-368c01089695>_5 | to 117.5 min at 600 MPa/50C and 400 MPa/25C, respectively. Pressures in excess of 500 MPa resulted in sufficiently faster inactivation rates for economic viability of the process. Binh, Van Loey, Fachin, Verlent, Indrawati, and Hendrickx (2002a, 2002b) studied the kinetics of inactivation of strawberry PME. The combine... |
<urn:uuid:759ff0b9-9458-45d0-8deb-368c01089695>_6 | the labile fraction of orange PE over a range of pressure (0.1 to 900 MPa) and temperature (15 to 65C). Pressure and temperature dependence of the inactivation rate constants of the labile fraction was quantified using the well- known Eyring and Arrhenius relations. The stable fraction was inactivated at a temperature ... |
<urn:uuid:759ff0b9-9458-45d0-8deb-368c01089695>_7 | selectively inactivated by a combined treatment of pressure and temperature. Gomes and Ledward (1996) studied the effects of pressure treatment (100-800 MPa for 1-20 min) on commercial PPO enzyme available from mushrooms, potatoes, and apples. Castellari, Matricardi, Arfelli, Rovere, and Amati ( 1997) demonstrated that... |
<urn:uuid:759ff0b9-9458-45d0-8deb-368c01089695>_8 | The changes in conformation of Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus subtilis, and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens amylases occurred at pressures of 110, 75, and 65 MPa, respectively. Bacillus licheniformis amylase was more stable than amylases from Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens to the combined heat/pressure t... |
<urn:uuid:759ff0b9-9458-45d0-8deb-368c01089695>_9 | The application of high pressure has been shown to destabilize casein micelles in reconstituted skim milk and the size distribution of spherical casein micelles decrease from 200 to 120 nm; maximum changes have been reported to occur between 150-400 MPa at 20C. The pressure treatment results in reduced turbidity and in... |
<urn:uuid:759ff0b9-9458-45d0-8deb-368c01089695>_10 | 30 min, led to formation of soluble aggregates. When continued for 30 min, a pressure of 450 MPa caused gelation of the 5% beta-lactoglobulin solution. Iametti, Tansidico, Bonomi, Vecchio, Pittia, Rovere, and DaIl’Aglio (1997) studied irreversible modifications in the tertiary structure, surface hydrophobicity, and ass... |
<urn:uuid:759ff0b9-9458-45d0-8deb-368c01089695>_11 | rate, while the pressure resulted in the unfolding of molecules. The kinetic parameters of denaturation were estimated using a single step non- linear regression method, which allowed a global fit of the entire data set. Huppertz, Fox, and Kelly (2004d) examined the high- pressure induced denaturation of alpha-lactalbu... |
<urn:uuid:759ff0b9-9458-45d0-8deb-368c01089695>_12 | pressurized myofibrils are more susceptible to cathepsin D action than non- pressurized myofibrils. The highest cathepsin D activity was observed at 300 MPa. Cariez, Veciana, and Cheftel ( 1995) demonstrated that L color values increased significantly in meat treated at 200-350 MPa, the meat becoming pink, and a-value ... |
<urn:uuid:759ff0b9-9458-45d0-8deb-368c01089695>_13 | at 500 MPa for 30 min changed it from a liquid state to a solid state, whereas at lower pressures and at 500 MPa for 10 minutes, the milk remained in a liquid state, but indicated improved emulsifying activity and stability (Kajiyama, Isobe, Uemura, and Noguchi, 1995). The hardness of tofu gels produced by high-pressur... |
<urn:uuid:759ff0b9-9458-45d0-8deb-368c01089695>_14 | to explore the possibility of synergy between processes. Such attempts are reviewed in this section. Crawford, Murano, Olson, and Shenoy (1996) studied the combined effect of high pressure and gamma-irradiation for inactivating Clostridium spmgenes spores in chicken breast. Application of high pressure reduced the radi... |
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