for versifying in a witty satire, "Flecknoe, an English Priest at Rome." He was probably, however, not in priest's orders. He then travelled in the Levant, and in 1648 crossed

Census-designated place in Thomas County, Kansas


28 October 1879), French writer, political economist and politician, was born at Marseille. After travelling in the Levant and in India, he settled in Paris in 1829. Besides

geographic and cultural region consisting of the eastern Mediterranean between Anatolia and the Sinai Peninsula

Grade II listed building in Ceredigion. Situated  S of the Central Hotel and on the E side of Stryd Fawr in Llanon. The row starts with The Bakery just opposite the junction with Stryd-yr-Eglwys and runs N to Levant.


Sartaq, khan of Golden Horde; Doquz Khatun, the mother of the ruler Abaqa; Kitbuqa, general of Mongol forces in the Levant, who fought in alliance with Christians. Marital alliances


Austral or meridional ("Southern"). Boreal or septentrional ("Northern"). Asian. Metonymy. Levant. Land of the Rising Sun. Eastern world. Orient Express. Orient Watch. Orientalism. Orientalizing Period of Archaic

human settlement in Penobscot County, Maine, United States of America


of the French army, from 1709 to 1714. After the peace of Rastatt (1714) he spent some time in travelling in Italy, Greece, the Levant, England and Germany, and


the 1840s, and rediscovered the Codex Sinaiticus, a 4th century New Testament manuscript, in 1859. Tischendorf exemplified the buccaneer image of 19th century archaeology in his pursuit of unknown manuscripts. Alongside

study of human past through material culture

magazine about archaeology, published by the Archaeological Institute of America


In archaeology, fire-cracked rock, or FCR, is rock of any type that has been altered and split by


"[m]y own belief is that by and by anthropology will have the choice between being history and being nothing." This idea implied that the goals of archaeology were, in fact, the


1980. His parents were Þórarinn Kr. Eldjárn, a teacher in Tjörn, and Sigrún Sigurhjartardóttir. He graduated in archaeology from the University of Copenhagen and taught at the University of Iceland. In


Mesoamerica by trade. Its importance to Mesoamerican societies has been compared to the value and importance of steel to modern civilization. However, archaeology provides varied evidence of


used to accommodate visitors. Media appearances. In 2008, Channel Four's archaeology series Time Team visited the island to carry out an investigation into its early Christian history. They


In archaeology, a prismatic blade is a long, narrow, specialized lithic flake with parallel margins. Prismatic blades are removed from polyhedral blade cores through pressure reduction. This


In archaeology, a grinding slab is a ground stone artifact generally used to grind plant materials into usable size, though some slabs were used to shape


of the Greek New Testament — one of them exhibiting the form of the text corresponding most closely to the Vulgate. His second edition retracted the more


the third is a splendid masterpiece of typographical skill, and is known as the Editio Regia; the edition of 1551 contains the Latin translation of Erasmus and the Vulgate, is not


Mount Nebo in the north, perhaps to the Arabian desert in the south. The Vulgate (Deuteronomy 32:49) gives its etymological meaning as passages. Its northern part was called Phasga


- not "pontifex maximus" - for the Jewish high priest in the Vulgate Latin translation of the Scriptures, where it appears 59 times. For example, in the Vulgate, "pontifices" (plural) is


ipsum was made famous in the Latin translation of the Bible, the Vulgate. The proverb was quoted by Jesus, as recorded in the Gospel of Luke chapter


Air Pollution, often abbreviated as Air Pollution or CLRTAP, is intended to protect the human environment against air pollution and to gradually reduce and prevent air pollution, including

introduction of particulates, biological molecules, or other harmful materials into the Earth's atmosphere


produce air pollution emissions, due to incomplete combustion of carbonaceous fuel. The main derivatives of the process are carbon dioxide, water and some soot—also called particulate matter (PM). The


pollution and air pollution. For this study, biologists would describe the flora and fauna, chemists would analyze the transport of water pollutants to the marsh, physicists would calculate air


General Funston. Considerable study has been made of the heavy metal lead accumulated as upper layer soil contamination from prior air pollution stack emissions from the California Powder


Ancillon studied law at Marburg, Geneva, and Paris, where he was called to the bar. At the request of the Huguenots at Metz, he pleaded its cause at the court of

city in Switzerland and capital of its canton


and later President (1974-1985) of the International Peace Bureau in Geneva. He was Vice-President of the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC, later OECD) and President of the


is kept in the Bodmer Library, Geneva (Papyrus Bodmer 5). Of the surviving Greek manuscripts, the fullest text is a tenth century codex in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris (Paris


has its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. While ISO defines itself as a non-governmental organization, its ability to set standards that often become law, either through treaties or national standards,


specialized agency of the United Nations that deals with labour issues. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. Its secretariat — the people who are employed by it throughout the

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educated in his native town, at Yverdon, and (1763-1766) at Geneva, where he came under the influence of Rousseau and of Charles Bonnet, and imbibed liberal sentiments. Recalled to Bern


(originally named Pierre-Eugène Ducimetière) was a philosopher, member of the American Philosophical Society, naturalist, patriot, and portrait painter. He was born in Geneva, Switzerland and died in


Jean Jacques Rousseau (Geneva, 28 June 1712 Ermenonville, 2 July 1778) was a major philosopher, writer, and

city in Franklin County, Iowa, United States


own business and founded Carrosserie Italsuisse in Geneva. Again Pietro Frua did the drawings and, most probably, built all the prototypes for this company. After a Corvair-like styled pontoon-Beetle in


two WTOs – World Tourism Organization and the Geneva-based World Trade Organization – officially ended on 1 December 2005, when the General Assembly approved to add the letters UN

painting by Joseph Mallord William Turner


Robert I Estienne (Paris 1503 – Geneva, 7 September 1559), known as Robertus Stephanus in Latin and also referred to as Robert Stephens by 18th and 19th-century English writers, was

city in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States


In the spring of 1946, he participated in the final meetings of the League at Geneva, ending his speech with the sentence: "The League is dead; long live the


Geneva and directed it until 1980. According to Ernst von Glasersfeld, Jean Piaget is "the great pioneer of the constructivist theory of knowing.". Biography. Piaget was born in 1896 in Neuchâtel


in May and November each year in Geneva. The current membership of the CAT is: Chairman - Myrna Kleopas - term expires in 2011. Vice Chairman - Abdoulaye Gaye - term


the 5th Congress is held in Geneva. On December 7 the Central Committee expels Léon Nicole from the party. On May 28-30 6th Congress in Geneva. On


World Meteorological Organization in Geneva provided the Authority with copies of its lost records. Canadian troops at Camp Julien assist in collecting data by launching weather balloons


Jean Senebier (May 6, 1742 - July 22, 1809) was a Swiss pastor who wrote many works on vegetable physiology. He was born at Geneva,


a regent in the college of St Marceon. After three years, however, political troubles compelled him to leave France, and he went to Geneva, where he was


Torrey is in the northeast part of the county and is south of Geneva, New York. The tw\own of Torrey is unrelated with the 10,000+ acre Torrey Farms, located in Elba


of the Geneva Ministry of Health and based in Geneva,Switzerland. This came about following the gathering of 60 of the world's foremost experts on telemedicine to discuss the growing concerns over


met again, this time in Geneva, where Peoples' Global Action was launched. The PGA hallmarks. The PGA is an instrument for communication and coordination, not an organization. PGA has no

Census-designated place in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States


occultists. Switzerland. Geneva contains a large underground shopping centre which also acts to connect separate sections of surface shops. St. Gallen's main hospital utilizes several underground tunnels

city in Freeborn County, Minnesota, United States


all the way to the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in Geneva where it was seeking a ruling on ownership of the highcrossquarter.com domain name. On 30 August 2007, the WIPO

human settlement in Benton County, Iowa, United States of America


Richard Hooker. He was educated at the University of Cambridge, and then travelled to Geneva to visit Theodore Beza. He was ordained by Thomas Cartwright in Antwerp. He was a lecturer

town in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States


the Bloomsbury Group. He spent some time in Geneva, lecturing at the League of Nations' School of Intellectual Cooperation. Anand's literary career was launched by family tragedy,


and became pastor of the French Protestant community in Berlin. Ancillon studied law at Marburg, Geneva, and Paris, where he was called to the bar. At the

federal state, capital and largest city of Germany


Privy Councillor and in 1885 he was given an honorary citizenship of Berlin. In 1884, he was appointed the first honorary member of the American Historical Association. After his retirement


Oliver Stritzel as Schwalle: The blond sailor who speaks with a Berlin accent. Jean-Claude Hoffmann as "Little" Benjamin: A red haired sailor who serves as a diving planes operator and watch

federal state, capital and largest city of Germany


Paul (1893 - 1978) was a German politician. He studied law in Berlin and Leipzig and practiced as a lawyer in Gera. He was a member of the German Democratic Party


DG Bank building) is an office, conference, and residential building located at Pariser Platz 3 in Berlin. It was designed by architect Frank Gehry and engineered by


once recognized as having great significance by the physics community. In 1927, he succeeded Max Planck at the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin. In 1933, however, Schrödinger


for his work in the physiology, pathology and surgery of the thyroid. Kocher was born in Berne, Switzerland. He studied in Zürich, Berlin, London and Vienna, and obtained

1906 ship used by German Empire then Soviet Union


Berlin, London, Rome, Shanghai and Tokyo. MEMRI was co-founded in 1998 by Yigal Carmon, a former colonel in Israeli military intelligence, and another Israeli Meyrav Wurmser. MEMRI


and, in 1786, was suggested as a candidate for a monarch for the United States. Biography. Born in Berlin, Henry was the 13th child of King Frederick William I


the assassination of the former Chancellor General Kurt von Schleicher in 1934. General von Schleicher and his wife were gunned down in their Berlin home by three men

town in Colquitt County, Georgia, United States


writer to the famous sculptures of Pergamon, which were discovered in 1871, excavated in 1878, and are now in Berlin: "At Pergamum there is a great marble altar,


Bishop Konrad von Preysing of Berlin. On 26 September 1943, following the German occupation of northern Italy, Nazi officials gave Jewish leaders in Rome 36 hours to


5 1971 in Swaziland – died September 6, 2001) was a Berlin-based techno artist best known for his membership in the digital hardcore band Atari Teenage Riot from


Peter Simon Pallas (September 22, 1741, Berlin – September 8, 1811, Berlin) was a German zoologist and botanist who worked in Russia. Life


passage from a Berlin manuscript: “She was deposed for her incontinence, and taking up the religious habit, lived in penitence for such a long time that she saw


Berlin decided that he should not get back his seized savings of 200,000 DM. Stoph died in Berlin on 13 April 1999.


constructed between 1911–1914 for Schöneberg, at that time an independent city () not yet incorporated into Berlin. After World War II the undestroyed Neues Stadthaus, the former head office of Berlin's


was appointed professor at the University of Wittenberg, and after the division of Saxony he was sent by the senate to Berlin to negotiate the union of the University of Wittenberg


The Grips-Theater in Berlin, Germany is a well-known and well-respected theater for children and youth located at the Hansaplatz. There


Am Building (now the Metlife Building), New York, with Pietro Belluschi and project architects Emery Roth & Sons. 1957 Interbau Apartment blocks, Hansaviertel, Berlin, Germany, with The Architects' Collaborative and Wils

city in Green Lake and Waushara counties, Wisconsin, United States


was born in Berlin, the son of Karl Giesebrecht (died 1832), and a nephew of the poet Ludwig Giesebrecht (1792–1873). He studied under Leopold von Ranke, and his first important


Institute for Hungarian Culture in Berlin. Since 2009 György Dalos ist member of the International Council of Austrian Service Abroad. 1985 is a sequel to George Orwell's 1984. This novel begins


of the Berlin, NH–VT Micropolitan Statistical Area. Geography. According to the United States Census Bureau, the gore has a total area of 11.6 square miles (30.0 km2), of which, 10.9 square


all national and international associations with a special interest in languages. The association's permanent secretariat is at the Freie University in Berlin, Germany. External links.

comic book series created by Jason Lutes


two years. He served as a tutor in the College from 1851 to 1855, and then went abroad to continue his studies at the Universities of Bonn and Berlin. Returning


fame by flying on the birthday of Queen Wilhelmina. In 1912, Fokker moved to Johannisthal near Berlin where he founded his first own company, Fokker Aeroplanbau. In the following years


terms, studying political science. In 1926 he came to Berlin, Germany and entered the Friedrich Wilhelm University. He passed the examination for supplementary subjects at the German Institute for Studies


a scaled-down version of the same architect's well-known Jewish Museum in Berlin. British King George I was born and raised here, and the poet and scholar Johann Ernst Hanxleden

Wikimedia disambiguation page for types of radar named Berlin


Berlin is the largest of the four universities in Berlin. Research at the university is focused on humanities and social sciences and on health and natural sciences. In October 2007, it


Montreal, Mexico City, Macerata, Parma, Reykjavík, San Diego, Antwerp, Puerto Rico, Palermo, Vancouver, Santiago, Berlin, and Buenos Aires. She has performed with the State Symphony Orchestra of São Paulo, the


most notable operation was the “White Sword” campaign against the Russian capital of Petrograd. Post–Russian Civil War. The defeated anti-Bolshevik Russians congregated in Belgrade, Berlin, Paris, Harbin, Istanbul,


commander of the long range bomber division, named the 81st Special Purpose Air Division. He commanded the first Soviet air raid on Berlin on August 10/11, 1941. On return way,


Travel - The Rocket Motor) in Berlin. The publisher, Richard Carl Schmidt, printed the year 1929 as a publishing date, probably from a purely business motive (to


Landtag of Tyrol. Landtag of Vorarlberg. Gemeinderat of Vienna (statehood granted late; not unlike Berlin, it is identical to its municipal 'Gemeinderat', as the federal capital is a city-state: state and


Dr.Sc.). He was co-editor and co-author of a three-volume collective monograph The Chemical Physics of Solvation (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1985-1986). Dogonadze is listed in the "Electrochemical Dictionary" (Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2008). Some main


17 October 1818 in Berlin. He studied law in Bonn and Berlin. From 1845 he was a diplomat in the service of Prussia. His career took him to Stockholm,


in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel. The city lies along the motorways A1/E30 and A35 and is has a station for the International Amsterdam - Hannover - Berlin


to Berlin. Steffens was one of the so-called "Philosophers of Nature", a friend and adherent of Schelling and of Schleiermacher. More than either of these two thinkers he


post-war frigate were named after him. Additionally, several German cities have streets named "Gneisenaustrasse" (Gneisenau Street), including Berlin (which has an U-bahn stop in his name), Leipzig,


Special designation for Fw 200 V1 that was flown from Berlin to Tokyo. Survivors. Only one relatively complete Fw 200 exists today. This aircraft was raised from the Trondheimsfjorden


the districts of Oder-Spree, Spree-Neiße, Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Elbe-Elster and Teltow-Fläming, and by the city of Berlin. History. The Spreewald region has always been a centre of Sorbian culture. In medieval times the


Curt von Bardeleben (Berlin, March 4 1861 – Berlin, January 31, 1924) was a Count and a German chess master who committed suicide by jumping out of a window in


Curt von Bardeleben (Berlin, March 4 1861 – Berlin, January 31,


died September 5, 1919 in Neustadt), by whom he had an only son, Botho (born February 15, 1879 in Berlin; died May 30, 1881 in Berlin). In 1878,


the Bundesland Berlin. Geography. The district extends from the outskirts of Berlin in the west to the Oder river and the Polish border in the east. It includes a swampy


Berlin, pressed the attack. The day ended with a virtually destroyed Prussian army, a virtually defenceless Kingdom of Prussia, and a complete victory by the Russo-Austrian force. Afterwards, Henry reorganized


- Rebroadcast of WVMJ, North Conway. W251BD - 98.1 FM, Berlin - Hot Adult Contemporary - "Magic 104" - Rebroadcast of WVMJ, North Conway. WXRG - 99.1 FM, Jefferson


city Frankfurt (Oder), the district Oder-Spree and the Bundesland Berlin. Geography. The district extends from the outskirts of Berlin in the west to the Oder river and the Polish border in


the number of unoccupied units at around a million. Many Plattenbau apartments were built in giant settlements, often on the edge of cities (such as Marzahn and Hellersdorf in Berlin


and the family moved several times because of his father's work; they lived in Berlin, Upper Bavaria, Nuremberg, Mannheim, and Stuttgart. Reiser was never really able to feel at

town of Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States


Square Garden in 1906. Born in Berlin, Germany, Russell William Thaw was treated indifferently by the man he believed to be his father; Harry K. Thaw never


uses RFID to track shipments of the painkiller OxyContin. In Berlin, Germany, the Berliner Wasserbetriebe (water treatment facility) Uses RFID systems from Psion Teklogix and Elektroniksystem-und-Logistik-GmbH (ESG) to identify


married Peter Figulus from Jablonné nad Orlicí. Their son, Daniel Ernst Jablonski, Comenius's grandson, later went to Berlin, where he became the highest official pastor at the court of King


He was educated in the sports training system of the German Democratic Republic attending the KJS sports school in Berlin in 1986. In 1988, he was champion of the


color to denote which power has initial control over a particular territory. The composition of territories was also slightly altered (for example, the number of territories between Berlin

census-designated place in Holmes County, Ohio


Berlin). In 1938, the 8th Duke of Newcastle sold The Park to Oxford University. In 1986 negotiations between The Park Residents Association and Oxford University Chest resulted in the


Wilhelm University, Berlin in 1878. Though he turned first to biblical research, his chief achievements were in the field of Assyriology, in which he was a pioneer in


for the History of Science in Berlin was established in March 1994. Its research is primarily devoted to a theoretically oriented history of science, principally of the natural sciences,


hardware problems, and because of this its resources are often unavailable. The project is mirrored by the Max Planck Society in Berlin and the University of Chicago.


ice-creams (chocolat liégeois and café liegeois). Germany: In 1915, after Italy entered World War I, restaurants in Berlin stopped serving Italian salad. Greece: Ellinikos kafes ("Greek coffee") replaced Turkikos kafes ("Turkish


Berlin, Province of Brandenburg, as the eldest son of the publisher Karl Duncker. He studied at the universities of Bonn and Berlin till 1834, was then accused of participation in

borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States


today is the University of Stuttgart) and then in 1877 went to Berlin where he was a student of Leopold Kronecker, Karl Weierstraß, and Ernst Kummer. He is famous for many


Stefan Wolpe (August 25, 1902 – April 4, 1972) was a German-born composer. Wolpe was born in Berlin. He attended


from where passengers took trains respectively to Göteborg (sometimes boarding other planes to Copenhagen, Oslo and London) and to Berlin, and passengers began to queue up at

sculpture on the Tauentzienstraße in western Berlin


without FDJ affiliation. In 1990, the organization lost much of its membership, and now shares the Karl-Liebknecht-Haus in Berlin with the Left Party and other organizations, but is in no


m hurdles at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. A group promoting minority hiring throughout the NFL is named for Pollard, the Fritz Pollard Alliance. Brown University and the Black Coaches


Berlin. The BASC coordinated air traffic in and out of Berlin and was responsible for air safety in the three corridors established in 1946 as well as in the the Berlin


Hamburg. Removed from this position by the Nazis in 1933, he went to Berlin, where he lived until 1945 as a translator and writer. For example, one still


of the physical and human geography of nations beyond the Iron Curtain. The magazine printed articles on Berlin, de-occupied Austria, the Soviet Union, and Communist China that


Berlin. In the series he drove around in a restored Willys Jeep, and interviewed survivors from both sides of the war. In the episode about Operation Market Garden he


marriage and Karlheinz took them to heart as his own. Zöller died of cancer in Berlin on July 29, 2005. References.

town of Green Lake County, Wisconsin, USA


history and civil administration) in Tübingen. During his academic career he held appointments as a professor in Halle (1864-72), Strasbourg (1872-82), and Berlin (1882-1913). After 1899 he represented the University


Kurt Koffka (Berlin, March 18, 1886 - Northampton,


to the violin, receiving instruction from Maurice Frenkel. After studies with Carl Flesch in Berlin (1929-32), he went to Paris to continue his training with Jacques Thibaud


Erich Fritz Emil Mielke (December 28, 1907 – May 21, 2000 in Berlin


Franz Karl Achard (April 28, 1753, Berlin - April 20, 1821, Kunern, Wohlau-Cunern, Silesia) was a


are believed to relate to the city, Berlin in Germany, due to the number of early German settlers. The true origin of the name comes from one of its earliest settlers

type of covered, fast and light, four-wheeled, travelling horse carriage with two interior seats and a separate hooded rear seat for a footman, detached from the body


continued as an active member of the party. Following the victory in Berlin's 2001 municipal elections of a coalition of the PDS and the more moderate Social


Beginnings. In 1847 a committee was created in Berlin with the aim of publishing an organized collection of Latin inscriptions, which had previously been described piecemeal by hundreds


Berlin the new method of water-glass painting, and carried out the subject and its companion, The Death of Nelson, in that medium, completing the latter painting in 1864.


territory controlled by Francisco Franco's forces] or Berlin [in Nazi Germany]"), elaborating the slander campaign alleging that Nin was a fascist. Ian Fleming reference. In the James Bond


he was wounded. He spent the remaining years of the war in America. He returned to Europe in 1924, living first in Berlin, then moving to France in


Party from 1984 to 1990. She represents Berlin Lichtenberg in the German parliament (the Bundestag) for the Left Party.PDS. External links. Radio on the topic GDR: Romanticization and Reality with Gesine


Treptow-Köpenick is the ninth borough of Berlin, formed in Berlin's 2001 administrative reform by


in the Berlin neighborhood of Dahlem. External links.

village in Seedorf, Segeberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany


was separated from the northern part of Grafton County, New Hampshire and organized at Berlin December 24, 1803, although the county seat was later moved to Lancaster, with an additional shire


Peter Simon Pallas (September 22, 1741, Berlin – September 8, 1811, Berlin


1850) was a banker and astronomer from Berlin, Prussia, and the brother of Giacomo Meyerbeer. Astronomy. Beer's fame derives from his hobby, astronomy. He built a private observatory with a 9.5 cm

unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States


torn up by the revolutionary Jean-Jacques Dessalines in 1803. The two parts were stitched together horizontally to make a new flag. At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, it

train station in Kensington, Connecticut


Protestant community in Berlin. Ancillon studied law at Marburg, Geneva, and Paris, where he was called to the bar. At the request of the Huguenots at Metz, he pleaded its cause

seat of Landkreis Marburg-Biedenkopf and city in Hesse, Germany


at Marburg, the son of a bookbinder. After studying at Marburg and at the University of Jena, he went to Leipzig as a private tutor; but in 1802 he


using Ada. The Colossus team were hampered by their wish to use World War II radio equipment, delaying them by a day because of poor reception conditions. Nevertheless the victor's

1961 political drama film directed by Daniel Mann


compiler was extended to compile C++ in December of that year. Front ends were later developed for Fortran, Pascal, Objective-C, Java, and Ada, among others. The Free


of unit testing frameworks collectively known as xUnit that originated with SUnit. JUnit has been ported to other languages including Ada (), PHP (PHPUnit), C# (NUnit), Python (PyUnit),

one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana


SPARK is a formally-defined computer programming language based on the Ada


redundant). Some programming languages (such as Ada and Pascal) also allow the opposite direction, that is, the programmer defines the range and precision needed to solve a given problem and


Ada, C#, C++, D and Java that allows the creation of several methods with the same name which differ from each other in terms of the type of


along with two replica Tunny machines, were retained, moving to GCHQ's new headquarters at Eastcote in April 1946, and moving again with GCHQ to Cheltenham between 1952 and 1954. One

area in the west of Greater London, England, part of the London Borough of Hillingdon


century, the poinsettia, a native plant from Mexico, has been associated with Christmas. Other popular holiday plants include holly, mistletoe, red amaryllis, and Christmas cactus. Along with a Christmas


on. The current tradition in several Latin American countries (such as Venezuela and Colombia) holds that while Santa makes the toys, he then gives them to the

sovereign state in northern South America


Maricarmen Regueiro also known as Maria del Carmen Regueiro, (born 1965) is a Venezuelan actress. Regueiro began acting in Spanish language soap operas in 1986 when she participated in Cristal


Canada; Grupo de los tres, Group of the three [countries], or G-3 (1995) with Colombia and Venezuela; the latter decided to terminate the agreement in 2006; Mexico


of Venezuela's peoples. Demographic topics include basic education, health, and population statistics as well as identified racial and religious affiliations. Most of Venezuela's people are descended in part from


the governments of Jamaica and St Kitts and Nevis, as well as the African Union, Venezuela, and Cuba. Furthermore, his government was beset with opposition from the Fanmi Lavalas political party;


population of Venezuela, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. The Demographics of Venezuela


news and information communications infrastructure of Venezuela. Thus, the media of Venezuela consists of several different types of communications media: television, radio, newspapers, magazines, cinema, and Internet-based news outlets


Cristina Bazán is the name of a highly-famous and successful 1978 Puerto Rican telenovela starring Puerto Rican actress and singer Johanna Rosaly, and the Venezuela


the Gaucho as a currency for regional trade. Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru currently have associate member status. Venezuela signed a membership agreement on 17 June 2006,


Colombia, a block of countries consisting of Venezuela, Colombia, Panamá (part of New Granada in that time) and Ecuador. The Colombian insurgent group FARC has, in recent years, also considered itself


Hosts: 126,500 (2007). Internet Users: 5.72 million. Country code (Top level domain): VE. Venezuela has many Internet service providers, although the market is dominated by the now state-owned


Guyana is a country in Northern South America and part of Caribbean South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Suriname and Venezuela.


Gilberto Mendoza has been the President of the WBA since 1982. The WBA in the 1990s moved its central offices from Panama City, Panama, to Caracas, Venezuela. In January


Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Peru, Chile, Texas, and Miami for concerts and award ceremonies. Melody was in the running to represent Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia. She


stand for Vesuvius, Venezuela, a crude interpretation of 'wie heiβt du', translating into 'who are you' in the German language, or even (one character jokes) Venus. Chapter


nearly comprehensive list of both national and regional, Venezuelan newspapers and other news outlets (including English language, foreign language, religious, and Internet-based organizations and websites) see the

subbarrio in Pueblo, San Juan, Puerto Rico


from the coastal lowlands of central Sinaloa and southern Veracruz south to northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela (Scharf and Kren 1996). The ochre subspecies has been observed in winter on the


Mexico, Argentina and Venezuela, where Avellanet enjoyed a solid teen girl fan base. Avellanet would soon join the United Artists record label, making what would be his only attempt at


music oriented group named Proyecto M (which was wildly successful in Venezuela). In 1989, he hosted a Spanish version of Remote Control (Control Remoto), for Puerto Rico's WAPA-TV.


1.9%, while it had the nineteenth highest percentage of Venezuelans, at 1.01% of all residents. History. Miami Springs was founded by an aviation pioneer, and thus, the


Netherland Antilles. The Netherlands Antilles consist of two groups of islands, one in the southwest (the Leeward Antilles or the ABC islands) just off the coast of Venezuela, plus several


that Arguello had vacated. And so, Limon became the WBC's world junior lightweight champion by knocking out Venezuela's Idelphonso Bethelmy in round 15 at Los Angeles. Before his first defense,


several Central Intelligence Agency-linked anti-Castro Cuban exiles and members of the Venezuelan secret police DISIP, including Luis Posada Carriles. The single deadliest airline catastrophe resulting from the failure of airport


US, at 2.48% of its population (tied with Glen Cove, New York.) It also had the fourth most Venezuelans in the US, at 2.36%, while it had the twenty-first highest


ISO 3166-2:VE. is an ISO standard which defines geocodes: it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to. Venezuela.


and molars. An almost complete skeleton of the giant rodent was discovered in Urumaco, Venezuela in 2000. The new species was later classified with the name Phoberomys pattersoni in


Auyantepui (Auyantepuy, Auyan-Tepui or Aiyan-tepui), which in the language of the native Pemon people means "Devil's Mountain", is the most visited and famous tepui (table-top mountain) in Venezuela


Castro and Hugo Chávez, which has resulted in Dominica receiving substantial aid from Cuba and Venezuela. Dominica is set to play a major part in the Petrocaribe initiative; crude oil


in South America, ranging from Venezuela to northern Argentina. They are large, bulky birds, with a small downy head, long legs and large feet which are only partially webbed. They


and other forms of habitat destruction. For example, the Chilean Passion Flower (P. pinnatistipula) is a rare vine growing in the Andes from Venezuela to Chile between 2,500 and 3,800 meters


Burkittsville, Maryland. Washington Square, New York, New York. National Memorial Arch, Valley Forge National Historic Park, Valley Forge Pennsylvania. Rosedale World War I Memorial Arch, Kansas City, KS. Venezuela


Bambuco is a traditional music genre of Colombia and Venezuela. It has a beat structure similar to the European waltz or polska (not


surrounding Bethlehem were told of the birth by an angel, and were the first to see the child. Many Christians believe that the birth of Jesus fulfilled

supernatural being or spirit in certain religions and mythologies


جني jinnī) is a supernatural creature which occupies a parallel world to that of mankind, and together with humans and angels makes up the three sentient creations


so full of knots and links, with colours so fresh and vivid, that you might say that all this were the work of an angel, and not


tradition of dissent in Second Temple Judaism. The Book of the Watchers. This first section of the Book of Enoch describes the fall of the Watchers, the angels who


described in their scriptures. These include but are not limited to: the word of wisdom, the word of knowledge, faith, healing, prophecy, discernment, witnessing of angels, speaking in tongues,

river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


bonds are found in diatomic molybdenum and tungsten. Most bonding of course, is not localized, so the above classification, while powerful and pervasive, is of limited validity. Three-center bonds do not

chemical element with atomic number 42, symbol Mo and molecular weight 95.95


accommodates steel-backed lead-bronze-alloy bearing shells. The "small-end" of each rod houses a floating phosphor bronze bush. Crankshaft. One-piece, machined from a nitrogen-hardened nickel-chrome molybdenum steel forging. Statically


the discovery of oxygen, Scheele is argued to have been the first to discover other chemical elements such as barium (1774), manganese (1774), molybdenum (1778), and tungsten


a large Hispanic population, the village economy is largely dependent on agriculture and income from the nearby molybdenum mine. Many residents also commute to Taos, Red River, and Angel


in diatomic molybdenum and tungsten. Most bonding of course, is not localized, so the above classification, while powerful and pervasive, is of limited validity. Three-center bonds do not

chemical element with symbol W and atomic number 74


electron microscope, the transmission electron microscope (TEM) uses a high voltage electron beam to create an image. The electrons are emitted by an electron gun, commonly fitted with a tungsten

mine in Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe


electron pairs provides an effective qualitative picture of covalent bonding, quantum mechanics is needed to understand the nature of these bonds and predict the structures and properties of simple

fundamental theory in physics describing the properties of nature on an atomic scale


governed by quantum mechanics. As such, they exhibit wave-particle duality, displaying particle-like behavior under certain experimental conditions and wave-like behavior in others (more technically they are described by


quantum mechanics and relativity it is often easier to work with a potential formulation of electrodynamics rather than in terms of the electric and magnetic fields. In this representation,


In some interpretations of quantum mechanics, counterfactual definiteness (CFD) is the ability to speak meaningfully about the definiteness


both employed it in their popularizations of quantum mechanics. Given a set S with three subsets, J, K, and L, the following holds: each member of S which


the Reichserziehungsministerium (Acronym: REM, and translation: Reich Education Ministry.) and the supporters of Deutsche Physik, which was anti-Semitic and had a bias against theoretical physics, especially including quantum mechanics.


to a classical sinusoidal wave such as a continuous laser wave. Coherent states in quantum optics. In quantum mechanics a coherent state is a specific kind of quantum state, applicable to the


paths (via Stokes' theorem and), and given by: In quantum mechanics the same particle can travel between two points by a variety of paths. Therefore this phase difference can be


predict which number comes up"). However, the advent of quantum mechanics removed the underpinning from that approach, with the claim that (at least according to the Copenhagen interpretation)


strictly positive operators is itself strictly positive. See also. Quantum state. Gelfand-Naimark-Segal construction. Quantum mechanics. Quantum state. Density matrix. References.


key. The no-cloning theorem protects the uncertainty principle in quantum mechanics. If one could clone an unknown state, then one could make as many copies of it as one wished, and measure


of the particle. This hypothesis was at the basis of quantum mechanics. Nowadays, this wavelength is called the de Broglie wavelength. For example, the electrons in a CRT display have a


the black-body radiation which is correct in the photon-gas limit. His arguments were based on the notion of adiabatic invariance, and were instrumental for the formulation of quantum mechanics. Wien received the


with Newton's second law F = m a. Using quantum mechanics it can be shown that for an electron in an external electric field E, the acceleration aℓ along coordinate


of quantum mechanics, in 1905, an accomplishment for which Albert Einstein received the 1921 Nobel Prize. It is worthwhile to note that Heinrich Hertz, working 18 years earlier, had


of geodesy and spectral analysis use. which possess unit power. The magnetics community, in contrast, uses Schmidt semi-normalized harmonics. which have the normalization. In quantum mechanics this normalization is often used,


introduced by John von Neumann, motivated by the study of single operators, group representations, ergodic theory and quantum mechanics. His double commutant theorem shows that the analytic definition is equivalent


In quantum mechanics, the spin-statistics theorem relates the spin of a particle to the particle statistics obeyed by it. The spin of


In quantum mechanics, the particle in a one-dimensional lattice is a problem that occurs in the model of a periodic


in quantum mechanics. See also. 't Hooft-Polyakov monopole. 't Hooft operator. 't Hooft symbol. References. External links. (homepage). , Nobel Lecture. from Google Scholar. on the Arxiv.


In quantum mechanics, the Lindblad equation or master equation in the Lindblad form is the most general type of markovian and time-homogeneous master equation describing non-unitary (dissipative) evolution of the


the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics in 1957. At the time, his theory was dismissed and he worked on military and industrial mathematics. Hugh was a distant father


Some environmentalists like Derrick Jensen criticize civilizations for their exploitation of the environment. Richard Hienberg argues that through intensive agriculture and urban growth, civilizations tend to destroy natural

American ecophilosopher, radical environmentalist, and anti-civilization advocate


Heidegger. Ivan Illich. Derrick Jensen. Theodore Kaczynski. Ruhollah Khomeini. Philip Larkin. Pentti Linkola. Ned Ludd. Maria Mies. Yukio Mishima. MOVE organization. Movimento Zero (Italian movement). Mohammed Omar. François Partant.


Temperature, which hastens reactions if raised, since higher temperature increases the energy of the molecules, creating more collisions per unit time, The presence or absence of a catalyst.

physical property of matter that quantitatively expresses the common notions of hot and cold

second single from Sean Paul's "The Trinity" album


Cinétique de Réaction en Ecoulement Supersonique Uniforme, or Reaction Kinetics in Uniform Supersonic Flow) is an experiment investigating chemical reactions taking place at very low temperatures. The


not without being crushed by the planet's own gravity. Terms such as diameter, surface area, volume, surface temperature, and surface density may refer only to the outermost layer visible


air-water vapor mixture can be estimated if both the measurement temperature (Tm) and the dew point temperature (Td) of the mixture are known. This approach to measuring humidity requires an equation


it from the high temperature of atmospheric entry, on a body with an atmosphere, such as Earth, Mars and Venus. Heat shields also exist as part of


particle's kinetic energy. This can be expressed as an increase in the thermal kinetic energy, or temperature, of the cloud. The more the cloud contracts the more the temperature increases.


reaction controls how the reactant concentration (or pressure) affects reaction rate. Temperature: Usually conducting a reaction at a higher temperature delivers more energy into the system and increases the reaction


his body in unison with the machine and does not shield the rider from wind when sitting upright. Usage. In daily use, windshields mainly protect the vehicle's occupants from wind, temperature


Rock forms at great temperatures and pressures (760 °C and 300 MPa, for granitic rock), and in granites there are three mutually perpendicular sets of joints that develop when this overburden is removed.


to rapid Joule heating, which raises the temperature of the surrounding regions. This pushes these into the normal state as well, which leads to more heating in a chain reaction.


Methods. The methods for the measurement of energy often deploy methods for the measurement of still more fundamental concepts of science, namely mass, distance, radiation, temperature, time, electric charge and


as temperature is changed. Lyotropic LCs exhibit phase transitions as a function of both temperature and concentration of the LC molecules in a solvent (typically water). Metallotropic LCs are composed


temperature changes also can affect LMSL. Eustatic change (as opposed to local change) results in an alteration to the global sea levels, such as changes in the volume of


a number of factors. In roughly descending degrees of importance, they are: Temperature. The availability of oxygen. Prior embalming. Cause of death. Burial, and depth of burial.


temperature at which this happens. Melting, the process of turning a solid to a liquid, is almost the exact opposite of freezing. All known liquids undergo freezing when the temperature is lowered


which no macroscopic properties of the system change over time. In orthodox versions of thermodynamics, properties such as temperature and entropy are defined for equilibrium states only. To assert that


The flash point of a volatile liquid is the lowest temperature at which it can vaporize to form an ignitable mixture in air. Measuring


produce distilled beverages containing ethyl alcohol. Application. Since ethyl alcohol boils at a lower temperature than water, a common application of the process of distillation is to


cold or around entry locations where humidity and moisture will enter and freeze instantly depending on the freezer temperature. Advection frost. Advection frost (also called wind frost) refers


the Western technique of sautéing. A traditional round-bottom cast iron or carbon steel pan called a wok is heated to a high temperature. A small amount of cooking oil is then


A pyrometer is a non-contacting device that intercepts and measures thermal radiation, a process known as pyrometry. This device can be used to determine the temperature


cross section of about 37 m², and a maximum expected temperature as 340 °F (170 °C). The force, of roughly 0.2 N (0.04 lbf) per square meter, that was exerted


In physics, the Planck temperature (TP) is the unit of temperature in the system of natural units known as Planck units.


gravity because of the high temperature of the corona. Massive stars of types O and B have stellar winds with lower mass loss rates (solar masses per


phase-locked loop, hormonal regulation (see diagram above), and temperature regulation in animals. A simple and practical example is a thermostat. When the temperature in a heated room


its corresponding absolute humidity, the relative humidity will change inversely, albeit nonlinearly, with the temperature. This is because the partial pressure of water increases with temperature – the


A thermostat is a device for regulating the temperature of a system so that the system's


presence of tin pest leads to more tin pest. Tin objects at low temperatures will simply disintegrate. Possible historical examples. Scott expedition to Antarctica. In 1910 British polar explorer Robert


pop single of the year for his hit "Temperature". He also won an American Music Award for "(When You Gonna) Give It Up To Me" beating Kanye West and Nick Lachey

second single from Sean Paul's "The Trinity" album


scale in data on cotton prices. Beforehand, he had studied information theory and concluded noise was patterned like a Cantor set: on any scale the proportion of noise-containing periods to


capable of handling the output power of the transmitter. Note 2: A duplexer must provide adequate rejection of transmitter noise occurring at the receive frequency, and must be designed


amplitude-vs.-frequency characteristics of the signal to reduce adverse effects of noise in a communication system. The high-frequency signal components are emphasized to produce a more equal modulation index


spectral density of a noise-voltage generator, given by. where is the spectral density, is the Boltzmann's constant, is the standard noise temperature (290 K), so. Note: The

2007 American film directed by Henry Bean


Flat weighting: In a noise-measuring set, a noise weighting based on an amplitude-frequency characteristic that is flat over a frequency range

Occupational health: recognizing and preventing work-related disease and injury, 4th edition. BS Levy, and DH Wegman, eds. Philadelpia PA: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2000 Jan; :367-377


modulation is an optical signal modulation induced by mechanical means. An example of deleterious mechanically induced modulation is speckle noise created in a multimode fiber by an imperfect splice or imperfectly


radio transmitters, the mean power supplied to the antenna transmission line by a radio transmitter when loaded with noise having a Gaussian amplitude-vs.-frequency distribution.


Erie Canal and Seneca Lake by the Seneca River. The lake is drawn down as winter approaches to minimize ice damage and to maximize its capacity to store heavy spring

lake in New York, United States of America


early resident. The Town of Benton is located in the northeast part of the county. Benton is on the west side of Seneca Lake, north of Penn Yan, New


before moving to Erie, Pennsylvania. Geography. Geneva lies at the northern end of the Seneca Lake, in the Finger Lakes region, the largest wine-producing area in New York State. According to the


Cayuga Lake (or) is the longest of western New York's glacial Finger Lakes, and is the largest in surface area (marginally larger than Seneca Lake) and second largest in


Seneca Lake and Cayuga Lake. Demographics. As of the census of 2000, there were 674 people, 256 households, and 175 families residing in the village. The population density was


baselines, and thus both could claim the same land. The area in dispute included all of western New York State west of Seneca Lake, extending all the way to the Niagara


Finger Lakes, as they were carved by glaciers during the last ice age. Length: 61.4 km. Average width: 2.8 km. Maximum depth: 132 m. Surface area: 172 km². Mean depth: 54.5 m. Catchment

period of long-term reduction in temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere


that formed 175 million years ago. Following the retreat of the glaciers from the area at the end of the last ice age, the valley was flooded by an arm of the


least 13 different species, including those which have rarely or never been found in other ice age paintings. Rather than depicting only the familiar animals of the hunt that


upon by a past ice age. This debris may have been plucked off the valley floor as a glacier advanced or it may have fallen off the valley walls


south after the onset of the last Ice age. He proposed the radically new way to determine the exact time of Vedas. Up to that time, antiquity of Vedas was


this alpine region at the end of the last ice age. The lake and its shoreline are divided between the provinces of Verona (to the southeast), Brescia (southwest), and Trento (north). Being


ice age glaciers (probably as thick as 1,000 feet (300 m) in troughs) cut large valleys into the mountain's sides. One of the largest glaciers flowed down Munson Valley


Burr Ridge's gently rolling hills were carved by glaciers at the end of the last ice age, and most of the village lies on the Valparaiso Moraine. Flagg Creek, a


that they were triggered by the onset of a long ice age, perhaps the most severe glacial age of the Phanerozoic, in the Hirnantian faunal stage that ended the long,


a period of heavy rain. The valley was formed at the end of the last ice age when the ground was frozen. The frozen ground meant that meltwater from the


culture. Binford wanted to prove that the Mousterian assemblage, a group of stone artifacts from France during an ice age, was adapted to its environment, and so Binford spent time with the


by rising waters during the Ice age. Among its earliest inhabitants were dark-skinned natives belonging to the Negrito ethnic group, who had a unique culture. Thus, the Spaniards called


years old, making it one of a few pre-ice age lakes in central Russia. The first people settled at the lake at 6 thousand years ago. It is


differences between the subspecies, and the circuitous migratory route of the continental birds, strongly suggest that these species underwent a rapid range expansion following the end of the last ice age,


the east shore of Cayuga Lake include Myers, King Ferry, Aurora, Levanna, Union Springs, and Cayuga. Settlements along the west shore of the lake include Sheldrake, Poplar Beach, and

city in Alabama, United States of America


notion of Azoth. Sunrise, childhood, spring, beginnings. Incense. Birds, insects, flying creatures. Masculine energy. Many gods and goddesses, including Aradia, Athena, Hermes, Mercury, Nuit, Shu, Thoth, Uranus and Zeus.


called Hermopolis Mikra or Hermopolis Parva, which would also give it an association with Hermes, the Egyptien Thoth. As Hermopolis, the city attracted the notice of numerous ancient geographers, including


of "wood". Air is represented in the Aztec religion by a snake; to the Scythians, a yoke; to the Hindus and Greeks, a sword; and in Christian


the country the best it possibly can be.". In the Hindu epic Ramayana, Lord Rama tells Lakshmana Janani Janma Bhoomischa Swargadapi Gariyasi (Mother and Motherland are greater than


Hindu tradition, lifetime of Rama, the 7th avatar of Vishnu. Births. Salah, son of Arpachshad, (2067–1634 BC) according to the Hebrew Calendar. Eber, son of Shelah, (2037–1573 BC) according


Events and trends. The Bhagavad Gita is written, according to some Hindu traditions. Beginning of the Mayan Calendar. Significant


Jakarta. Once the centre of powerful Hindu-Buddhist kingdoms, Islamic sultanates, and the core of the colonial Dutch East Indies, Java now plays a dominant role in the economic and


except in some parts of India, where bovines are considered sacred by Hindus. Evolution. The closest relations to this subfamily are the Boselaphini and Tragelaphini tribes. There


the abacus in Devanagari script: Satyameva Jayate सत्यमेव जयते (). This is a quote from Mundaka Upanishad, the concluding part of the sacred Hindu Vedas. It was adopted as the


movement who strongly sway people to join. According to the doctrine of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, one does not need to be born in a Hindu family to take up the


years before moving back to Israel in 1948 (ref: History of the Jews in India). Hindus do not consider it a 'sin' in any manner to use icons, images, or linguistic


neighboring peoples and settled in villages. The Kusunda are followers of animism, though Hindu overtones may be seen in their religious rituals. According to the 2001 Nepal census, there are


times was mostly linked to prayer. Due to the immense influence of Hindu mythology, most folk songs are related to some sort of praise of the gods and their creation.


vegetarians and Hindus because of the introduction of rennet, a chemical sourced from calves’ stomachs used in the production of whey. Masterfoods confirmed that many other products such as Easter eggs


2008, she became engaged to musician Ben Lee. On December 29, 2008, Skye and Lee were married in a postmodern Hindu wedding ceremony in India. They have a daughter named Goldie


especially in rural areas. The small mercantile Chinese and Indian communities are primarily Buddhists, Taoists, and Hindus. History. Region 1 was first inhabited by the aboriginal Negritos before


a melting pot of diverse cultures that give it a cosmopolitan character. The largest distinct communities have immigrants from: Peru, Bolivia, Hindu and Arab etc. Etymology. The area where Santa Cruz


times. Indian scholars wrote about the Dvipantara or Jawa Dwipa Hindu kingdom in Java and Sumatra around 200 BC. Southeast Asia was frequented by traders from eastern India,


Agnihotra (अग्निहोत्र) is a Vedic yajña (ritual or sacrifice) performed in orthodox Hindu communities. It is mentioned in the Atharvaveda (11:7:9) and described in detail in the Yajurveda


chided the Umno vice-president for interfering in police investigations by talking to those suspected of carrying out the bigoted Hindu temple protest, as cows are sacred in Hinduism. Azan. The first


or Súdra in English, which has produced a spelling pronunciation.) is the lowest Varna in the traditional four-section division in the Hindu caste system. Their assigned and


story of the lives of his children is the story of the Hindu epic, the Ramayana. Dasharatha was a young man when he accidentally killed Shravana Kumara while hunting


time of his death is an oft-repeated legend to Hindu children.


by the Manusmriti for the Dwija castes, in the Hindu religion.There is some controversy over which castes (varna) were supposed to follow the Vedic ashram system. According to


by Webster. Webster had rejected Christianity, studied Eastern religions, accepted the Hindu concept of the equality of all religions and was fascinated by theories of reincarnation and


Phillips National Bravery Award. Early life and background. Zinta was born into a Hindu Rajput family from Rohru in Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh. Her father, Durganand Zinta, was an officer


built under the Khmer King Indravarman I in 879 to honor members of the king's family, whom it places in relation with the Hindu deity Shiva. Etymology. Preah


region, the Ghaznavids, led by Abu Mansur Sebük Tigin, won one of their greatest battles in Laghman against the Hindu Shahis whose ruler, Jayapala, had amassed an army for


buildings in the city are mostly built in the original native traditions of southern India, associated with the Hindu religion. Some of them show a certain amount of Islamic


ruler is Aral, the king is Paralda, and the air elementals (following Paracelsus) are called sylphs. Air is considered to be active; it is represented by the Man


to that of air. Qi (; spelled qì in Pinyin romanization and ch'i4 in Wade-Giles) or ki (in Japanese romanization), is a fundamental concept of traditional Chinese


is a Japanese reading aid, consisting of smaller kana printed next to a kanji or other character to indicate its pronunciation. In horizontal text,


is pronounced as sah-meh-gah-meh in Japanese. History. SameGame was originally created as Chain Shot! in 1985 by Kuniaki Moribe (Morisuke). It was distributed for the Fujitsu FM-8/7


such as vowels and nasal consonants, which are voiced in most of the world's languages. However, in some languages sonorants may be voiceless, usually allophonically. For example, the Japanese


Balinese, are well known for their complex systems of honorifics; Japanese and Korean also have similar systems to a lesser extent. In many languages, the verb takes a


The Treaty of Shimonoseki (Japanese: 下関条約, "Shimonoseki Jōyaku"), known as the Treaty of


Japanese currency units, won and yen respectively, are cognates of the yuan and have the same Chinese character (hanja/kanji) representation, but in different forms (respectively, 원/圓 and 円/圓), also meaning round in


Nepali: lākh. Oriya: lakhya. Punjabi: lakh. Tamil: '. Telugu: Urdu: lākh. Non-Indian languages. Sinhalese: laksha. Dhivehi: lakka. Japanese: rakusha. Mandarin: luòchā. Pashto: lak. Swahili: laki or lakhi. Thai:


Kinhin (経行; Japanese: kinhin or kyōgyō, Chinese: jingxing), in Zen Buddhism, is the


(from Japanese, literally "large root"), Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus, is a mild-flavored, very large, white East Asian radish. Despite being known most commonly by its Japanese name, it did not originate


to the large number of recent Spanish-speaking immigrants to the United States (see Spanish in the United States). Other popular languages are French, German, Italian, and Japanese. Latin used to


is a Japanese term describing martial arts. In English, it is used almost exclusively in reference to Japanese martial arts. Etymology.


chuáng), which literally translate into "ghost pressing on body" or "ghost pressing on bed." A more modern term is "夢魘/梦魇" (pinyin: mèng yǎn). In Japanese culture, sleep paralysis is referred


Hokkaidō Prefecture has 14 branch offices called 支庁 (shichō) in Japanese


Mu (Japanese/Korean), and Wu (Chinese traditional: , simplified:  pinyin: wú Jyutping: mou2) is a word which has been roughly translated as "no", "none", "null", "without", "no


is a Japanese term for a live-in student who trains under


Marvel Comics and DC Comics are two publishers of comic books. Manga is the Japanese word for comic and print cartoons. Caricature is a graphical entertainment. The purpose may vary from


it was learned that "Enco" is a Japanese term for "stalled car.". In 1972, Exxon was unveiled as the new, unified brand name for all former Enco and Esso outlets.


Finnish, French for Europe, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese and Malay were stopped for similar reasons. On 25 October 2005 it was announced that the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Greek,


Japanese and Polish, among others. Death and afterward. Bellairs died of cardiovascular disease at his home in Haverhill, Massachusetts, in 1991. He was 53 years old. At the time of his


in a Sprachbund. East Asia. One clear example is the East Asian Sprachbund, which includes the CJKV area (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese) and many languages of Southeast Asia, particularly


often represents an earlier 's' (hôpital Standard Friulian. Japanese. In the Kunrei-shiki system of Romanization, and occasionally in the Hepburn system (as a surrogate for the macron). Jèrriais.


Hybrid Sanskrit): primarily Mahāyāna Buddhism. Tibetan (Tib): Tibetan Buddhism. Thai: Theravāda Buddhism. Burmese (Bur): Theravada Buddhism. CJKV languages. Chinese (Cn): Chinese Buddhism. Japanese (Jp): Japanese Buddhism. Korean


painting is sleep paralysis, a literal representation of the condition from which Dali's wife actually suffered. This is further supported by the translation of the Japanese spoken words from the beginning


spaghetti squash (Cucurbita pepo) (also called vegetable spaghetti, noodle squash, spaghetti marrow (in the UK), squaghetti, gold string melon ((kinshi uri) in Japanese) or fish fin melon


two million copies, and Schott's Original Miscellany has been translated into more than 13 languages (including Japanese). Schott also compiles the annual Schott's Almanac, a modern take on the traditional


orb, are the three sacred Imperial Regalia of Japan. Etymology. The Japanese name orochi  derives from Old Japanese woröti (with a regular o- from wo- shift, Miller 1971:25-7), but


Japanese languages. Martin developed the Yale romanization system for transliterating Korean, which is extensively used by linguists. Martin's monumental Reference Grammar of Japanese (1975) is a landmark in the


public elementary and junior high schools. Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education operates public high schools. Haijima High School. Showa High School. See also. References. External links. in Japanese


a compound word dokomo, meaning "everywhere" in Japanese. docomo provides phone, video phone (FOMA and Some PHS), i-mode (internet), and mail (i-mode mail, Short Mail, and SMS)


Japanese. Tokyopop is incorporated in Tokyo, Japan, with headquarters in Los Angeles, California and branches in the UK and Germany. Tokyopop products are available internationally. History. Tokyopop was originally


In standard Japanese, the the same kanji is pronounced "shiro", but the word is probably cognate with a different Japanese word "soko" (塞), meaning "fortress". Many gusuku


and Ureshino. Sea. While fishing is a huge industry, there is no known sea travel, nor are there ferries available. Language. While standard Japanese is spoken and


Nihongo de Asobo (Let's play with Japanese). The story of Tikki Tikki Tembo, which is told in America under the auspices of being a Chinese folktale, is very similar. "Jugemu"


assassination in the United States, the Estonia disaster in Sweden, the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States and various others. Collective traumas have been shown to

murder of a prominent person, often a political leader or ruler


assassination in which one entity hires another entity to kill a target individual or group of people. It involves an illegal agreement between two parties in which one party


of Stewart, was Regent of Scotland from 1567 until his assassination in 1570. Life. Moray was the illegitimate son of King James V of Scotland and Lady


assassinations of British soldiers and police officers and Jewish "collaborators." Another strategy, (1947) was to send bombs in the mail to many British politicians. Other actions included

1927 German film directed by Richard Oswald


angered President Yuan who felt such a cabinet would obstruct his policies and ambitions. Song died of wounds two days after an assassination attempt on the night


human being had remained in orbit. He also served as backup for the Vostok 2 and Soyuz 8 missions. On January 22, 1969, Nikolayev survived an assassination


border, Simpson is arrested when firearms are found hidden in the car. The Turkish Secret Police suspect the "tourists" to be terrorists plotting an assassination and release Simpson only on

1987 American action thriller film by Peter R. Hunt


cellulose on a flat, inert substrate. Compared to paper, it has the advantage of faster runs, better separations, and the choice between different adsorbents. For even better resolution and


present in almost all plant cell walls along with cellulose. While cellulose is crystalline, strong, and resistant to hydrolysis, hemicellulose has a random, amorphous structure with little


development of various "nitro explosives", based on the reaction of nitric acid mixtures on materials such as cellulose and glycerine, a search began for a replacement for gunpowder. Early


and his collaborators Edward John Bevan, and Clayton Beadle patented their artificial silk, which they named "viscose", because the reaction product of carbon disulfide and cellulose in basic conditions


When shipworms bore into submerged wood, bacteria (Teredinibacter turnerae strain ATCC 39867 / T7901) in a special organ called the gland of Deshayes allow them to digest cellulose.


matches, but gained control of most of the forestry industry in northern Sweden and planned to become head of a cellulose cartel. After founding the pulp manufacturer SCA,


used in analytical chemistry; though the high temperatures used in GC make it unsuitable for high molecular weight biopolymers or proteins (heat will denature them), frequently encountered in biochemistry

study of chemical processes in living organisms


Proteins form much of the physical structure of the body and catalyze a wide variety of chemical reactions, giving the genome the ability to control the body's biochemistry.


History. Labour and Trade Union Studies. Law and Justice. Political Science. Psychology. Sociology. Sports Psychology. Sciences. Anthropology. Behavioural Neuroscience. Biochemistry. Biology. Chemistry. Computer Science. Environmental Earth Science. Forensic Science.


In biochemistry, the membrane topology of an transmembrane protein describes which portions of the amino-acid sequence of the protein lie

digital supplement to a book published in 2004


acid (if the amino group is removed from an amino acid, an α-keto acid is left behind). Transamination in biochemistry is accomplished by enzymes called transaminases or aminotransferases.

Russian journal Biokhimiya with English translation


bacteria and protozoa, as well as the many specialized cells in multicellular organisms like humans. Knowing the components of cells and how cells work is fundamental to all biological sciences. Appreciating

common name of Homo sapiens, unique extant species of the genus Homo


system virus. An honor system virus claims to be an email virus, but using human rather than computer action as the substrate for its destructive and reproductive

1995 studio album by Gary Numan and Michael R. Smith


contempt, or hatred of the human species. The word comes from the Greek words μίσος (misos, "hatred") and άνθρωπος (anthrōpos, "man, human being"). Forms. While misanthropes express a general dislike


dominant process in natural selection, except in highly cognitive species that do not, or do not always, pair bond, e.g. walrus, gorilla, human. But even in these species, one would


In Maya mythology, Ixpiyacoc was one of the thirteen creator gods who helped construct human

original song written and composed by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis; first recorded by The Human League


In Australian aboriginal mythology, the Numakulla (or Numbakulla) were two sky gods who created all life on Earth, including humans, from the Inapertwa. Afterwards, they became


group of celestial beings responsible for watching over humans performing sacrifices.


of being broken down into smaller loads (for transport by horse, human, mule, tractor, and/or truck). Due to their ability to be broken down into smaller "packages", they


and lanky arms and legs and big heads minus a nose. According to one Cree schema of the mythology, there are two humanoid races, one being the familiar human


human, under which the three forms above noted are classed, and both from the life of the spirit, in which human thought is brought into relation with the supersensible, divine system


so much earlier than the rest. Certain experts dispute this claim, as the cave bears had survived multiple times of climate change. Overhunting by humans has been largely dismissed


humans. This term is analogous to binky in rabbits and popcorning in guinea pigs. The term was popularized by (among others) Scott Adams in the Dilbert comic strip.


sleeping sickness, humans are the primary host, while the tsetse fly is the secondary host. Cestodes (tapeworms) and other parasitic flatworms have complex life-cycles, in which specific developmental


a small enclosure under constant watch and with frequent human contact. The Discovery documentary contains footage that its maker, John Varty, has admitted on affidavit to be false.


human and animal social behavior in terms of instincts. Psychoanalysts have stated that instinct refers to human motivational forces (such as sex and aggression), sometimes represented as life instinct and death instinct.


burrows into skin and causes scabies. Animals affected include not only human but also wild and domesticated dogs and cats in which it is one cause of


to humans. The name scrapie is derived from one of the symptoms of the condition, wherein affected animals will compulsively scrape off their fleece against rocks, trees or


ago). A bottlenose dolphin was discovered in Japan that has two additional pectoral fins, or "hind legs", at the tail, about the size of a human's pair of hands.


hair. The term may also refer to the thick hairs found inside human nostrils, but these have no sensorial function and only operate as an airborne particulate


The right ventricle is one of four chambers (two atria and two ventricles) in the human heart. It receives deoxygenated blood from the

song written and composed by Oscar Zia, Victor Thell and Maria Smith, originally performed by Oscar Zia at Melodifestivalen 2016


by someone who hypothetically has gone beyond them. Such limits, therefore, are contingent, not necessary as Kant would want. The main theme in Carvalho's essays and articles is the defense of human


threatened as their habitat is perfectly suitable for human development; however the Urial population has been recovering in recent years. Behaviour. The mating season begins in September. Rams


and humans are examples of mammals that exhibit this behaviour. It is also seen in a number of species of bee such as Carpenter bees (note this is distinct


life, Dr. Leonard McCoy confirms that there is something still alive on board, but is not quite sure if it is human. A landing party consisting of Captain


The sensitivity or insensitivity of a human, often


the fields of cell and molecular biology as well as to biomedical fields such as cancer research and developmental biology. These fundamental similarities and differences provide a unifying

explores the processes by which individual organisms grow and develop (ontogeny)

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'creation') describes the origin and the development of an organism from the fertilized egg to its mature form. Ontogeny is studied in developmental biology, developmental psychology, developmental cognitive neuroscience, and developmental


melanogaster, has been heavily used in research in genetics and is a common model organism in developmental biology. Indeed, the terms "fruit fly" and "Drosophila" are often used synonymously with D.


conferred by the cat-gene; this gene codes for an enzyme called chloramphenicol acetyltransferase which inactivates chloramphenicol by covalently linking one or two acetyl groups, derived from acetyl-S-coenzyme A,

class of biological molecules with catalytic activity


include glyoxysomes of plants and filamentous fungi, glycosomes of kinetoplastids and Woronin bodies of filamentous fungi. Function. Peroxisomes contain oxidative enzymes, such as catalase, D-amino acid oxidase, and uric acid


resulting in the removal a methyl group (CH3) from a molecule. In biochemical systems, this process is often catalyzed by an enzyme such as one of the Cytochrome P450 (CYP)


enzyme molecules and for the absorption of products of digestion. The DNES (diffuse neuroendocrine system) cells of the ileum secrete various hormones (gastrin, secretin, cholecystokinin) into the blood. Cells


(EC number) is a numerical classification scheme for enzymes, based on the chemical reactions they catalyze. As a system of enzyme nomenclature, every EC number is associated


enzyme-substrate (ES) complex. However, often k2 >> k−1, or k2 and k−1 are comparable, in which case there will be significant contributions to KM in addition to the affinity of


uses microorganisms, fungi, green plants or their enzymes to return the natural environment altered by contaminants to its original condition. Bioremediation may be employed to attack specific soil contaminants, such as


ADAMTS13, known as the Upshaw-Schülman syndrome. Idiopathic TTP. The idiopathic form of TTP was recently linked to the inhibition of the enzyme ADAMTS13 by antibodies, rendering TTP


two pairs of centrioles remain attached to each other in an orthogonal configuration until mitosis, when the mother and daughter centrioles separate in a manner dependent upon the enzyme


modified by chemical reactions. Enzymes catalyze these reactions, and often require dietary minerals, vitamins, and other cofactors in order to function properly. Because of the many chemicals that


of enzymes that break some of the collagen cross-linkages in the stroma, with a simultaneous reduced expression of protease inhibitors. Other studies have suggested that reduced activity by the enzyme


Luciferase is a generic term for the class of oxidative enzymes used in bioluminescence and is distinct from a photoprotein. One


enzyme that catalyzes the reaction between carbamoyl phosphate (CP) and ornithine (Orn) to form citrulline (Cit) and phosphate (Pi). In plants and microbes OTC is involved in


family of enzymes that catalyze the rapid conversion of carbon dioxide to bicarbonate and protons, a reaction that occurs rather slowly in the absence of a catalyst.


gene conversion or unequal crossovers during meiosis. Penetrance. Further variability is introduced by the degree of enzyme inefficiency produced by the specific alleles each patient has. Some alleles


Phosphofructokinase-1 (PFK-1) is the most important regulatory enzyme () of glycolysis. It is an allosteric enzyme made of 4 subunits and controlled by several activators and


enzymes and grinding it with the bases of their pedipalps, as they do not have true jaws. Male spiders identify themselves by a variety of complex courtship rituals to


years and a human elderly at 80 years. These genetic differences affect a variety of physiological processes, including the efficiency of DNA repair, antioxidant enzymes, and rates


making structural changes, like the formation of disulfide bridges. Also, enzymes may remove amino acids from the amino end of the protein, or cut the peptide chain


is very low in food energy. A 3 ounce (85 g) serving contains only 18 Calories (75 kJ) but provides 34 percent of the RDA for vitamin C. Daikon also contains the active enzyme myrosinase.


the synaptic cleft, monoamine neurotransmitter action is ended by reuptake into the presynaptic terminal. There, they can be repackaged into synaptic vesicles or degraded by the enzyme


an antisense gene which interferes with the production of the enzyme polygalacturonase. This normally degrades pectin in the cell walls and results in the softening of fruit which makes


spermicidal plug which reduces the chances for sperm from a later arriving male to proceed to the oocyte. The thick secretions contain proteins, enzymes, fructose, mucus, vitamin C, flavins,


The enzyme RNase H ()


Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) is a complex of three enzymes that transform pyruvate into acetyl-CoA by a process called pyruvate


choice in the treatment of meningitis in patients with severe penicillin or cephalosporin allergy and GPs are recommended to carry intravenous chloramphenicol in their bag. In low income

group of antibiotics derived from Penicillium fungi


Erythromycin is a macrolide antibiotic that has an antimicrobial spectrum similar to or slightly wider than that of penicillin


considered "at risk" for having an anaphylactic reaction if they are exposed to one or more allergens, especially penicillin and insect stings. Most of these people successfully avoid their


These arsenical compounds came with considerable risk of side effects, and they were supplanted as treatments for syphilis in the 1940s by penicillin. The bacterium that causes syphilis


80%. Researchers from Italy have identified a bacteriophage active against Staphylococcus aureus, including methicillin-resistant strains, in mice and possibly humans. Mechanisms of antibiotic resistance. Staphylococcal resistance to penicillin


is the high level of endemic antibiotic resistance. Some Enterococci are  resistant to β-lactam-based antibiotics (some penicillins and virtually all cephalosporins) as well as many aminoglycosides. In the last


is by the simple reduction of the bacteria through improved oral cleaning and salt water or hydrogen peroxide-based rinses. Chlorhexidine or metronidazole can also be used in addition. Penicillin is


obtains these sterols from the host serum, allowing it to retain a simple structure. Lacking a cell wall, these organisms are resistant to the effects of penicillins


high magnification light microscopy, and it caused a pneumonia that could not be treated with the antimicrobials sulphonamides and penicillin. Eaton suggested the possibility that the disease


known as the Water, along with other watery constellations such as Aquarius, Pisces, and Eridanus. Notable features. Ecliptic. Although Cetus is not considered part of the zodiac, the

zodiac constellation straddling the celestial equator

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constellation Perseus, also known as the Little Dumbbell Nebula. The New General Catalogue NGC 76, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces. The Saros of the solar eclipse series which began


have a greater inclination to the ecliptic than planets; for example, the asteroid 4 Vesta was discovered in this constellation in 1807. Stars. This constellation's most notable star is Mira (or

astronomical object consisting of a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its own gravity


Berzelius. Friedrich Bessel makes the first accurate measurement of distance to a star. Women in Pitcairn are the first in the world to obtain and maintain the right to


a galaxy can be represented by a graph that plots the orbital velocity of the stars or gas in the galaxy on the y-axis against the distance


crescent, syzygies, and conjunctions of the planets with each other and with the fixed stars, and explains the three problems of diurnal rotation. 1150s - Bhaskara calculates the planetary mean


In Aztec mythology, Coyolxauhqui (, "Face painted with Bells") was a daughter of Coatlicue and the leader of the Centzon Huitznahuas, the star gods. Coyolxauhqui was

part of the badge on an association football uniform shirt representing important trophies the team has won.


planets, stars, and deep sky objects such as star clusters and galaxies. Overview. Astrophotography ranges from simple images of bright objects to very complex exposures designed to reveal objects

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ruling dynasty. The hero is sometimes said to be still living, but is often instead a star, constellation, animal or purely spiritual in nature. In many cultures,


Astronomy, reflection nebulae are clouds of dust which are simply reflecting the light of a nearby star or stars. The energy from the nearby star, or stars, is insufficient


stellar winds are not generally spherically symmetric. Different types of stars have different types of stellar winds. Post-main sequence stars nearing the ends of their lives often eject large quantities of


charged gas ejected from the upper atmosphere of a star. It is distinguished from the bipolar outflows characteristic of young stars by being less collimated, although stellar winds

protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


The term dwarf star refers to a variety of distinct classes of stars. Dwarf star alone generally refers to any main sequence star, a star


Hevelius in 1687. Notable features. Leo Minor contains little to see with small telescopes. Stars. There is only one star brighter than fourth magnitude. 46 LMi (Praecipua):


with the position that early religious descriptions of objects and events (such as the Sun, Moon, and stars; thunder and lightning) placed these in the realm of things created or controlled


V838 Monocerotis (V838 Mon) is a red variable star in the constellation Monoceros about 20,000 light years (6 kpc) from the Sun. The star experienced a major outburst that


mountains each with a glowing star on top. The middle white stripe is one-and-a-half times the size of the red and green stripes. The red represents the unity


Wolf-Rayet stars (often referred to as WR stars) are evolved, massive stars


to estimate the age of the Milky Way itself, as exemplified by recent study of the halo star CS31082-001. Limiting factors in its precision are the quality of observations of


to Deneb (the tail of the swan and its brightest star). The remarkable shape of the emission nebula resembles that of the continent of North America, complete with a prominent


of features. Sky features. over 600,000 stars from the Hipparcos Catalogue and the Tycho-2 Catalogue. extra catalogues with more than 210 million stars. asterisms and illustrations of


the rowel of a spur, rather than a celestial star. Thus, the mullet in Scottish heraldry is always pierced. Mullets may also appear voided, and a semé of

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near stars. Not all star pairs form Alderson tramlines, and not all those tramlines which do form are large enough to take a spaceship. This means that in


part of a star which had been pushed by a second star into the black hole. The remaining star was pushed back into the local galaxy. The


than planets; for example, the asteroid 4 Vesta was discovered in this constellation in 1807. Stars. This constellation's most notable star is Mira (or ό Ceti), the

red giant star in the constellation Cetus

protein-coding gene in the species Drosophila melanogaster


Minor (Teumessian Fox). See also. Canis Major. Orion. Procyon. References. Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion (2007). Stars and Planets Guide, Collins, London. ISBN 978-0007251209. Princeton University Press, Princeton.

constellation straddling the celestial equator


Chamaeleon is a small constellation in the southern sky. It is named

one of the 88 divisions of the celestial sphere, defined by the IAU, many of which derive from traditional asterisms


there are 3,600" in a degree of arc.) It is the tenth closest star system to the Solar System and is the closest star in the constellation Piscis


an Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum type variable star in the constellation Andromeda. Its brightness fluctuates between 6.27 mag and 6.41 mag. It belongs to the group of CP


Lyra (from Greek λύρα) is a constellation


x - φ(x) = 34, making 34 a noncototient. In science. The atomic number of selenium. Messier object M34, a magnitude 6.0 open cluster in the constellation Perseus. The New


M81 Group is a group of galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major that contains the well-known galaxies Messier 81 and Messier 82 as well as several other galaxies with


The Dumbbell Nebula (also known as Messier 27, M 27, or NGC 6853) is a planetary nebula (PN) in the constellation Vulpecula, at a distance of about 1,360


Tauri is a variable star in the constellation Taurus, the prototype of the T Tauri stars. It was discovered in October 1852 by John Russell Hind. T Tauri appears


lies at the southern tip of the constellation. Achernar is a bright, blue, B3-type star of six to eight solar masses lying approximately away. Although classified as a main-sequence (dwarf) star,

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20) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, close to Deneb (the tail of the swan and its brightest star). The remarkable shape of the emission


own digits adds up to 97, 97 is a self number in base 10. In astronomy. Messier object M97, a magnitude 12.0 planetary nebula in the constellation Ursa Major, also known


Messier 5 or M5 (also designated NGC 5904) is a globular cluster in the constellation Serpens. It was discovered by Gottfried Kirch in 1702. It should not be confused with

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IC 10 is an irregular galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia. It was discovered by Lewis Swift in


member, 76 is an Erdős–Woods number. In science. The atomic number of osmium. In astronomy, Messier object M76, a magnitude 12.0 planetary nebula in the constellation Perseus,


is a centered heptagonal number. In science. The atomic number of lutetium, a lanthanide. In astronomy, Messier object M71, a magnitude 8.5 globular cluster in the constellation Sagitta.


a magnitude 9.5 globular cluster in the constellation Lyra. The New General Catalogue NGC 56, an unverified object in the constellation Pisces. NGC 56 does not appear to be a real


Procyon (α CMi, 0.38m) and Gomeisa (β CMi, 2.9m). Procyon is the eighth brightest star in the night sky. Procyon means "before the dog" in Greek, as it rises


calorie is approximately: (joules). (British thermal units). (kilowatt hours}. (electron volts). One kilogram calorie (food calorie) is approximately: (joules). (British thermal units). (kilowatt hours}. (electron volts). Notes

SI unit of energy, work and amount of heat


body temperature, and promoting healthy cell function. Fats also serve as energy stores for the body, containing about 37.8 kilojoules (9 calories) per gram of fat. They are broken down in


its velocity. This equation is known as the "classic statement" and yields a measurement of energy in joules (or foot-pound force in non-SI units). is the amount


The calorie is a pre-SI metric unit of energy. The unit was first defined by Professor Nicolas Clément in 1824 as a unit of heat. This definition entered

energy transfer process, or its amount (and direction), that is associated with a temperature difference


heat (TR is the temperature of the system's external surroundings). Otherwise the process will not go forward. In non-equilibrium thermodynamics, the definition of the entropy of a system requires great care


that absorbs energy in the form of heat. Its etymology stems from the Greek prefix endo-, meaning “inside” and the Greek suffix –thermic, meaning “to heat”. The opposite of


they can be repelled by fire or any other forms of heat or light, as the Inferi in Voldemort's cave had never been exposed to either of these elements. When


heat, hair loss, weakness, hyperactivity, irritability, apathy, depression, polyuria, polydipsia, delirium, tremor, pretibial myxedema, and sweating. Additionally, patients may present with a variety of symptoms such as palpitations


radius. See also. Heat. Thermal conductivity. Heat flux. Heat transfer. Convection. Convection diffusion equation. Thermal radiation. Thermal contact conductance. Heat pipe. Fick's law of diffusion. Relativistic heat conduction. Churchill-Bernstein

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he published results of experiments showing that the heating effect he had quantified in 1841 was due to generation of heat in the conductor and not its transfer from


physical effects from the UFO, including: Heat or radiation. Damage to terrain. Human paralysis (Catalepsy). Frightened animals. Interference with engines or TV or radio reception. Lost Time: a gap in one's


Wilhelm Carl Werner Otto Fritz Franz Wien () (13 January 1864 – 30 August 1928) was a German physicist who, in 1893, used theories about heat and electromagnetism to


no kinetic energy. The side between kinetic and electrical corners represents the piezoelectric effect and produces no heat. Although artificial pyroelectric materials have been engineered, the effect was first


in turn heats the air just above it. Air at a similar altitude over an adjacent valley or plain does not get warmed so much because of the greater distance to


Thermoluminescence (TL) dating is the determination by means of measuring the accumulated radiation dose of the time elapsed since material containing crystalline minerals was either heated


mechanics tell us about the arrow of time?. What is thermodynamics?. Thermodynamics is the study of the macroscopic behaviour of physical systems under the influence of exchange of work and heat


cutters. Mechanisms of action. Cooling. Metal cutting operations involve generation of heat due to friction between the tool and the pieces and due to energy lost deforming


relied upon depressurising the subject gases, causing them to cool. This follows from the first law of thermodynamics; where U = internal energy, Q = heat added to the system, W

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thunder, lightning, hail, rain, snow, ice, cold, heat, wind, earthquakes, volcanoes, springs and localities noxious to animal life, which leads to a discourse upon diseases. This in its turn

2010 promotional EP by Beyoncé, promoting her fragrance of the same name


driven percolator consists of a pot with a small chamber at the bottom which is placed closest to the heat source. A vertical tube leads from this chamber to the top


easily, giving disiloxanes in the presence of acid, base, or even heat. Because of this property of self-condensation, the synthesis and isolation of silanols are difficult. Silanols have hydroxy substituents,


ropes. Fusion is a method of treating the end of synthetic fiber rope through use of heat. Make a clean cut near the end and hold the newly cut end a


Celsius. Gram calorie. The gram calorie, small calorie or calorie (cal) is the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of one gram of water by 1 °C. The gram


Fahrenheit (18 to 23 degrees Celsius). Gallery. References. External links. , Nutritional Values and Best Consuming Ways. , USDA/ARS Vegetable Laboratory.


when temperatures were at 19 degrees (Celsius), but above 30 degrees their behavior changed within minutes.". See also. The Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,


occupation from both the Neolithic and Roman periods in Cheddar. There is some evidence of a Bronze Age field system at the Batts Combe quarry site. The remains

prehistoric period and age studied in archaeology, part of the Holocene Epoch


time did not advance at the same pace in all places, so many anachronisms are explained (some places are medieval, others are still at the Bronze Age, some others


on a hill. Indeed, there are many sites of similar forts in the area, and Stone Age and Bronze Age burial mounds are common throughout the area. It is likely


Stone Age. The Bronze Age. The Iron Age. The system is most apt in describing the progression of European and Mediterranean societies, although it has been used to describe other histories as


Bronze Age Minoan layers at Knossos on Crete in a form that demonstrated its use in decorative arts; this use dates to approximately 1800 BC. Carnelian was used widely


of Antalya in the coastal plain. Located there is an acropolis dating back to the Bronze Age. History. In the twelfth century BC, there was a large wave of Greek


which today would translate into "barrow" or "mound". As the name hints the woods surrounding Hörby are filled with old burial mounds (some dating back to the Bronze Age)


had previously transferred Kismuil Castle to Historic Scotland in 2000. In May 2007 Channel 4's Time Team came to the hamlet of Allasdale to investigate the exposed remains of Bronze Age


south of this, Little Kits Coty House - also known as the Countless Stones is lower down the same hillside. Bronze Age swords have been discovered near here and an Iron


nearest village to the Bronze Age timber circle site of Seahenge. References. External links. for Holme next the Sea. on Holme. on Holme. Information about walking Peddars Way


Seahenge or Holme I is a Bronze Age


in the Indus Valley Civilization during its Kot Diji phase (circa 2800-2600 BC) as well as Bronze Age sites in China (circa 2000-1500 BCE), and Ancient Rome. Buttons made


known as Peterborough Ware) and Beakers. Sites such as Stonehenge also provide evidence of activity from the later Bronze Age Wessex culture. Henges often contain evidence of a variety of internal features


(with underlying Bronze Age) hill fort in Oxfordshire, England. It covers about 32,000 square metres and is surrounded by two earth banks separated by a ditch with an


radical denoting preciousness, and the inner (lower) character representing trees or woods, the entire character literally means "holy wood" or "treasured tree", possibly a totem symbol from the late Neolithic and Bronze Age


and ca. 1700 BC (the beginning of the Bronze Age in northwest Europe). The Neolithic overlaps the Mesolithic and Bronze Age periods in Europe as cultural changes moved from the


1972, is the best example of a Bronze Age cooking place in Orkney. Made of flat slabs originally sealed with clay, the central stone trough would have been filled with water heated


Reserve. and ran from Yatton to Wells. When the rest of the line was closed and all passenger services ceased, the section of the line between Cheddar and Yatton

village and civil parish in North Somerset, Somerset, England

hamlet in Aymestrey, Herefordshire, England


Chamaeleon is a small constellation in the southern sky. It is named after the chameleon, a form of lizard. It was


a "human chameleon". Dr. Eudora Fletcher (Mia Farrow) is a psychiatrist who wants to help Zelig with this strange disorder when he is admitted to her hospital. Through the


Calumma is a genus of chameleons where all species – except the endangered C. tigris from the Seychelles – are endemic to Madagascar.

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Brookesia is a genus of chameleon


radiation are in fact carcinogenic. Low-energy waves on the electromagnetic spectrum are generally not, including radio waves, microwave radiation, infrared radiation and visible light. Higher-energy radiation, including ultraviolet radiation


in space. The radiation produced may range over the entire electromagnetic spectrum, from radio waves to infrared light, visible light, ultraviolet light, X-rays, and gamma rays. It is


around a field line produce synchotron radiation which is detectable in radio waves. The smallest magnetic field measured is on the order of attoteslas (10−18 tesla); the largest magnetic field


surface, for radio waves such as the short wave (SW) radio signals that employ continuous reflections for transmission. Radio waves from a particular transmitting antenna do not all get refracted


ionosphere. A skip distance is a distance on the earth's surface between the two points where radio waves from a transmitter, refracted downwards by different layers of the


that employ continuous reflections for transmission. Radio waves from a particular transmitting antenna do not all get refracted by a particular layer of the ionosphere; some are absorbed, some refracted while a


medium in x-ray diagnostics, is a potent human carcinogen known because of its retention within various organs and persistent emission of alpha particles. Marie Curie, one of

electromagnetic radiation of wavelength ranging from 10 pm to 10 nm


X-ray emissions. The total mass of the hot gas in NGC 604 is about 6,000 Solar masses. Current issues. As with planetary nebulae, determinations of the abundance of elements in H II regions are subject


or x-ray emission. The display of the SEM maps the varying intensity of any of these signals into the image in a position corresponding to the position of


roll of Scotch Tape in a vacuum can produce X-rays. In 2008, Mexican scientists working at UCLA performed an experiment that showed the rays can be strong


Low levels of BNP (X-ray of the lungs, which shows increased fluid in the alveolar walls.


hybridization is visualized on X-ray film by autoradiography in the case of a radioactive or fluorescent probe, or by development of color on the membrane if a chromogenic


level of health in a poor and precarious region. They trained and educated the general public, teachers, nurses, etc. and improved health-care delivery. They equipped the town with an operating room, X-ray


RXJ1242-11 is a galaxy located approximately 200 megaparsecs (about 650 million light-years) from Earth. According to current interpretations of X-ray observations made by the Chandra X-ray


of 50 mSv, and well above the healthy population maximum of 3 mSv. Another, separate issue is that solar flares occasionally emit very large amounts of soft x-rays, and energetic


for modern physiotherapy. They used gymnastics, powertherapy for treatment and X-ray apparatus for diagnosis. Dr. Ödön Schulhof (Vilmos's brother) was invited to Hévíz from Budapest; here he worked as a


space. The radiation produced may range over the entire electromagnetic spectrum, from radio waves to infrared light, visible light, ultraviolet light, X-rays, and gamma rays. It is


plenty of gas in a short time. As the gas falls onto the neutron star, a bright flare in hard X-rays is seen. LSI+61°303. LSI+61°303 is a


x-rays in the United States. He in 1896 invented the method of placing a sheet of paper impregnated with fluorescent dyes next to the photographic plate, thereby permitting


These clumps correspond to known sources at X-ray, infrared, and radio frequencies. Consequently, they are thought to be the least obscured starburst clusters from our vantage point. M82's unique


astronomy at the Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland, Ohio, as head of the physics department from 1893 until his retirement in 1936. Following the discovery of X-rays


or in artificial intelligence and robotics research. Such cameras are often tuned for non-visible light such as infrared (for night vision and heat sensing) or X-ray (for


since before she was born, is granted sentience/sapience from a dentist’s x-ray machine. The wad wanders the streets at night, sucking up people’s moisture to sustain himself, turning them into


as ultraviolet light and ionizing radiation. Certain viruses can also act as carcinogens by interacting with DNA. Nongenotoxins do not directly affect DNA but act in other ways to promote growth. These

radiation that carries enough energy to liberate electrons from atoms or molecules


tumors or inflammation. Contrast agents may also be directly injected into a joint in the case of arthrograms, MR images of joints. Unlike CT, MRI uses no ionizing radiation