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Cheyenne and did not realize how the different sections were forming a unified tribe. The Cheyenne Nation is descended from two related tribes, the Tsétsêhéstâhese / Tsitsistas (Cheyenne proper) and Só'taeo'o / Só'taétaneo'o (better known as Suhtai or Sutaio), the latter may have joined the Tsétsêhéstâhese in the early... | Shoshone (Sósone'eo'o), Blackfeet (Mo'ôhtávêhahtátaneo'o, same literal meaning), Flathead (Kȧhkoestséataneo'o – "flat-headed-people"), Nez Perce (Otaesétaneo'o – "pierced nose people"), Arikara, Gros Ventre (Hestóetaneo'o – "beggars for meat", "spongers" or Môhónooneo'o – lit. "scouting all over ones"), Assiniboine, an... |
a subring of the field k(x,y) in only two variables. Indeed, there are rings that are right Noetherian, but not left Noetherian, so that one must be careful in measuring the "size" of a ring this way. For example, if L is a subgroup of Q2 isomorphic to Z, let R be the ring of homomorphisms f from Q2 to itself satisfyin... | B is faithfully flat over A (or more generally exhibits A as a pure subring), then A is a Noetherian ring (see the "faithfully flat" article for the reasoning). Every localization of a commutative Noetherian ring is Noetherian. A consequence of the Akizuki–Hopkins–Levitzki Theorem is that every left Artinian ring is le... |
Artin (1898–1962) Artinian ideal, an ideal I in R for which the Krull dimension of the quotient ring R/I is 0 | Objects named for Austrian mathematician Emil Artin (1898–1962) Artinian ideal, an ideal I in R for which the Krull dimension of the quotient ring R/I is 0 |
Alita awakens memories of her earlier life on Mars. She becomes involved with the floating city of Zalem (Tiphares in some older translations) as one of their agents, and is sent to hunt down criminals. Foremost is the mad genius Desty Nova, who has a complex, ever-changing relationship with Alita. The futuristic dysto... | never to be seen again following the conclusion of a story arc, while others make recurring appearances. The one character who remains a constant throughout is Alita, the protagonist and title character, a young cyborg with amnesia struggling to uncover her forgotten past through the only thing she remembers from it: b... |
U.S. states have more than one official state song, and may refer to some of their official songs by other names; for example, Arkansas officially has two state songs, plus a state anthem and a state historical song. Tennessee has the most state songs, with 10 official state songs and an official bicentennial rap. Ariz... | particular U.S. state. Some U.S. states have more than one official state song, and may refer to some of their official songs by other names; for example, Arkansas officially has two state songs, plus a state anthem and a state historical song. Tennessee has the most state songs, with 10 official state songs and an off... |
stone such as slate or lydite, used for assaying precious metal alloys. It has a finely grained surface on which soft metals leave a visible trace. History The touchstone was used during the Harappah period of the Indus Valley Civilization ca. 2600–1900 BC for testing the purity of soft metals. It was also used in Anci... | less expensive materials was common in coinage, using a touchstone one could easily determine the quantity of gold in the coin, and thereby calculate its intrinsic worth. Operation Drawing a line with gold on a touchstone will leave a visible trace. Because different alloys of gold have different colours (see gold), th... |
Oddity, in the Weekly Shonen Sunday. He is best known for the cyberpunk series Battle Angel Alita. Works Hito (1997), a collection of short stories: Battle Angel Alita series: Adaptations Battle Angel (1993), animated film directed by Hiroshi Fukutomi, based | the works of manga artist Rumiko Takahashi. He began his career at age 17, with his debut manga, Space Oddity, in the Weekly Shonen Sunday. He is best known for the cyberpunk series Battle Angel Alita. Works Hito (1997), a collection of short stories: Battle Angel Alita series: Adaptations Battle Angel (1993), animated... |
chemical synthesis, and may be used as a fuel. Biologically produced butanol is called biobutanol, which may be n-butanol or isobutanol. Isomers The unmodified term butanol usually refers to the straight chain isomer with the alcohol functional group at the terminal carbon, which is also known as n-butanol or 1-butanol... | Use Butanol is a central nervous system depressant. It can have effects similar to ethanol when ingested or drunk by living beings such as humans. Biobutanol Butanol (n-butanol or isobutanol) is a potential biofuel (butanol fuel). Butanol at 85 percent concentration can be used in cars designed for gasoline (petrol) wi... |
in a large increase of wealth. From the 1980s Norway started deregulation in many sectors and experienced a banking crisis. By the 21st century, Norway became one of the world's most prosperous countries with oil and gas production accounting for 20 percent of its economy. By reinvesting its oil revenues, Norway had th... | of a state administration with stewards in the most important former chieftain estates. Iceland, then uninhabited, was discovered by Norwegians during the late 9th century. By 930 the island had been divided among 400 Norse chieftains. Håkon the Good – the son of Harald Fairhair – assumed the crown in 930 and establish... |
construction. Vizhinjam port's location is close to the international shipping routes and, it is just 10–12 nautical miles from the busy Persian Gulf-Malacca shipping lane. The port also has a natural depth of 18 to 20 metres which can accommodate huge container ships. The berths at Vizhinjam port are designed to cater... | Lanka, Russia and Germany. Utility services The Kerala Water Authority supplies the city with water that is sourced from the Karamana River; most of it drawn from Aruvikkara and Peppara reservoirs and is treated and purified at the Aruvikkara pumping stations. The Wellington Water Works, commissioned in 1933, is one of... |
Prefecture, Japan Kōchi Castle, a castle located in Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan Kōchi Prefecture, a prefecture in Japan Kōchi Ryōma Airport, also known as Kōchi Airport, a regional airport in Nankoku, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan Kochi Sub-county of Yumbe District, Uganda River Kochi at Kochi Sub-county of Yumbe, Uganda.... | the coastal city of Kochi, Kerala, India Kochi metropolitan area, also known as Kochi Urban Agglomeration or Kochi UA, where the city of Kochi, India is located Kochi, Iran, a village in Isfahan Province, Iran Kōchi, Hiroshima, a former town in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan Kōchi (city), the capital city of Kōchi Prefect... |
the report published by Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative and UNDP for districts across India. The district's headquarters are based in the city of Kottayam. The towns of Pala and Kidangoor are located in the center of the district. Alapra is the only village in Kottayam district where the traditional art... | division Devikulam was added, but it only lasted for a short period, and was then joined with Kottayam. At the time of the integration of the state of Travancore and Kochi in 1949, these revenue divisions were renamed as districts and the Diwan Peshkars gave way to district collectors, paving the way for the birth of t... |
opening a trade route between Europe and India. A Portuguese factory and the fort was intact in Kozhikode for short period (1511–1525, until the Fall of Calicut). The English landed in 1615 (constructing a trading post in 1665), followed by the French (1698) and the Dutch (1752). In 1765, Mysore captured Kozhikode as p... | to Mumbai via Mangaluru, Udupi and Goa to the north and Kochi and Kanyakumari near Thiruvananthapuram to the south along the west coast of India. This highway connects the city with the other important towns like, Kasaragod, Kanhangad, Kannur, Thalassery, Mahe, Vadakara, Koyilandy Ramanattukara, Kottakkal, Kuttippuram,... |
Taranto-Grottaglie Airport is located 16 km away from Taranto, but does not offer any regularly scheduled commercial services. The two closest airports that do offer regularly scheduled commercial services are in Brindisi and Bari, approximately 70 km and 90 km away, respectively. Other The Ponte Girevole (swing bridge... | are four main arteries (Corso Vittorio II, Via Duomo, Via di Mezzo and Via Garibaldi) which run in a straight direction however the side streets were purposely built narrow and winding to impede the passage of an invading army. Incorporating the Aragon Castle, Doric Columns, City Hall, Clock Tower and Piazza Fontana, i... |
"Mainline Protestant") are a group of Protestant churches in the United States that have stressed social justice and personal salvation, and both politically and theologically, tend to be more liberal than non-mainstream Protestants. Mainstream Protestant churches share a common approach that often leads to collaborati... | personal salvation, and both politically and theologically, tend to be more liberal than non-mainstream Protestants. Mainstream Protestant churches share a common approach that often leads to collaboration in organizations such as the National Council of Churches, and because of their involvement with the ecumenical mo... |
the wake of Bulgaria's defeat in World War I. Under the 1919 Treaty of Neuilly, Bulgaria was forced to, amongst other things, cede various territories, pay crippling war reparations, and greatly reduce the size of its military. That same year, Aleksandar Stamboliyski of the agrarian Bulgarian Agrarian National Union be... | on 25 October 1930. Benito Mussolini registered the marriage at the town hall immediately after the religious service. Their marriage produced two children: a daughter, Maria Louisa, on 13 January 1932, and a son and heir to the throne, Simeon, on 16 June 1937. Second World War In the early days of the Second World War... |
a stringent two-year graded course, with quarterly assessments, is held under Armed Forces Post Graduate Medical Institute in Rawalpindi. The M.S. in ophthalmology is also one of the specialty programs. In addition to programs for physicians, various diplomas and degrees for allied eyecare personnel are also being offe... | discipline applies to all animal eyes, whether human or not, since the practice and procedures are quite similar with respect to disease processes, although there are differences in the anatomy or disease prevalence. History Ancient near east and the Greek period In the Ebers Papyrus from ancient Egypt dating to 1550 B... |
Joseph Maria Olbrich (1867–1908), Austrian Frederick Law Olmsted (1822–1903), American Frederick J. Osterling (1865–1934), American Edward Graham Paley (1823–1895), English Alexander Parris (1780–1852), American Joseph Paxton (1803–1865), English John Wornham Penfold (1828–1909), English Sir James Pennethorne, English ... | States Serge Chermayeff (1900–1996), Chechnya/UK David Chipperfield (born 1953), UK Wells Coates (1895–1958), UK/Canada Josep Antoni Coderch (1913–1984), Spain Charles A. Cofield (born -), US Coleman Coker (born 1951), US Mary Colter (1869–1958), US Peter Cook (born 1936), UK Isadore (Issie) Coop (1926–2003), Canada Le... |
mostly manned interplanetary spacecraft Project Daedalus (1973–1978), unmanned interstellar probe Project Longshot (1987–1988), unmanned interstellar probe Project Icarus (2009–2014), unmanned interstellar probe Hundred-Year Starship (2011), manned interstellar craft The Bussard ramjet is an idea to use nuclear fusion ... | interstellar probe Project Icarus (2009–2014), unmanned interstellar probe Hundred-Year Starship (2011), manned interstellar craft The Bussard ramjet is an idea to use nuclear fusion of interstellar gas to provide propulsion. Examined in an October 1973 issue of Analog, the Enzmann Starship proposed using a 12,000-ton ... |
the Jedi. He also used English, as in the original Star Wars where he synthesized originally English dialogue from a Western film until it sounded alien. Burtt said of the process: "It usually meant doing some research and finding an existing language or several languages which were exotic and interesting, something th... | to actors from different countries reading Carson's lines. Eventually, they chose a heavily Thai-accented English, and Carson rerecorded the dialogue to mimic the Thai actor's accent. Gunray's accent was described by critics to be "Hollywood Oriental" that contributed to criticism of Gunray as an Asian stereotype. Watt... |
County was created by splitting Ontario County. Genesee County was then divided into Allegany County in 1806, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, and Niagara Counties in 1808, Ontario, Livingston, and Monroe Counties in 1821, and finally Orleans County in 1824. When Orleans County was formed in 1824, a dispute arose about naming ... | it was named to honor the French Royal House of Orleans or that it was to honor Andrew Jackson's victory in New Orleans. Located on the south shore of Lake Ontario, Orleans County since the late 20th century has been considered part of the Rochester, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area. History When counties were establis... |
water. Orange County is in southeastern New York State, directly north of the New Jersey-New York border, west of the Hudson River, east of the Delaware River and northwest of New York City. It borders the New York counties of Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester, as well as Passaic and Sussex ... | income for a household from 2014-2018 was $76,716 and the per capita income was $33,472. 11.5% of the county's inhabitants were below the poverty line in 2018. Law and government Originally, like most New York counties, Orange County was governed by a board of supervisors. Its board consisted of the 20 town supervisors... |
am, many residents of Oswego County were shaken awake by a magnitude 5.2 earthquake centered near Plattsburgh, New York. Minor damage to a Fire Hall in Altmar was the only report of damage. No injuries were sustained. During 1–12 February 2007, a major lake effect snowfall dumped over ten feet of snow in many places in... | Branch of the Delaware River. The area then designated as Tryon County now includes 37 counties of New York State. The county was named for William Tryon, colonial governor of New York. In the years prior to 1776, most of the Loyalists in Tryon County fled to Canada. In 1784, following the peace treaty that ended the A... |
For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.00 males. The median income for a household in the county was $33,444, and the median income for a family was $41,110. Males had a median income of $29,988 versus $22,609 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,806. About 8.80% of families and 14.90... | War. Otsego County was officially established on February 16, 1791, with Cooperstown as its county seat, although at the time the village of Cherry Valley was much larger. The original county consisted of three large townships: Cherry Valley in the northeast, Otsego in the northwest, and Harpersfield in the south. Otse... |
movement, becoming the first Caliph and founder of the ruling dynasty in 909. In 921, the city of al-Mahdiyya was established as the capital. In 948, they shifted their capital to al-Mansuriyya, near Kairouan. In 969, they conquered Egypt, and in 973 they established Cairo as the capital of their caliphate. Egypt becam... | tribes as well. The historian Heinz Halm describes the early Fatimid state as being, in essence, "a hegemony of the Kutama and Sanhaja Berbers over the eastern and central Maghrib". In 916–921, al-Mahdi built himself a new, fortified palace city on the Mediterranean shore, al-Mahdiyya, removed from the Sunni stronghold... |
hop duo MadGibbs Bandanna, Pennsylvania, unincorporated area in York County, Pennsylvania, United States Bandanna (opera) by Daron Hagen See also Y | A bandana is a cloth also known as a kerchief. Bandana or bandanna may also refer to: Bandana (pop band) Bandana (country band) Bandana, Kentucky, a small town in the United States Bandana (album), second studio |
Revolutionary Wars See also Abukir, Egypt Battle of the Nile or Battle | Battle of Abukir (1801), a battle of the French Revolutionary Wars See also Abukir, Egypt Battle of the Nile |
line count (versus progressive scan video at a similar frame rate—for instance 1080i at 60 half-frames per second, vs. 1080p at 30 full frames per second). The higher refresh rate improves the appearance of an object in motion, because it updates its position on the display more often, and when an object is stationary,... | video displays and TV sets are mostly based on LCD technology, which mostly use progressive scanning. Displaying interlaced video on a progressive scan display requires a process called deinterlacing. This is an imperfect technique, and generally lowers resolution and causes various artifacts—particularly in areas with... |
Bradford (née David Watson) or Bob Brubaker, who developed different versions of primitivism. After Zerzan's 1988 article on agriculture, he started publishing his new essays in Anarchy: A Journal of Desire Armed. Dismayed by what he saw as the excesses of Zerzan and others, Watson eventually repudiated primitivism in ... | who connect via the Internet. Its editorial collective sometimes has divergent views on the topics the magazine addresses but generally shares an anarchist, anti-authoritarian outlook and a non-dogmatic, action-oriented approach to change. The title implies that the periodical is an alternative to the fourth estate (tr... |
for Reuben Hunter's death occurring two months later on September 19, 1864. It also did not mention Mrs. Elizabeth Myers as one of the original participants. However, a bronze statue of all three women gazing upon Reuben Hunter's grave now stands near the entrance to the Boalsburg Cemetery. Although July 4, 1864, was a... | emphasis on honoring specific soldiers to a public commemoration of the Confederate South. Changes in the ceremony's hymns and speeches reflect an evolution of the ritual into a symbol of cultural renewal and conservatism in the South. By 1913, David Blight argues, the theme of American nationalism shared equal time wi... |
Flying Corps. In the 1930s, gun turrets for bomber aircraft were produced. The site was a strategic target for Luftwaffe bombing and during 1941, over fifty people were killed during the raids. In 1935, Parnall Aircraft Limited was formed when George Parnall and Company amalgamated with the Hendy Aircraft Company and N... | centralised at a factory in Yate close to an airfield used by the Royal Flying Corps. In the 1930s, gun turrets for bomber aircraft were produced. The site was a strategic target for Luftwaffe bombing and during 1941, over fifty people were killed during the raids. In 1935, Parnall Aircraft Limited was formed when Geor... |
and remain in hiding, a heartbroken Obi-Wan watches security footage revealing that it was Anakin—who is now Sidious' Sith apprentice, Darth Vader—who led the chaos. Yoda says that he will confront Sidious, and he charges Obi-Wan with battling Vader. Obi-Wan is loath to fight his best friend, but reluctantly accepts wh... | to her, "These are your final steps, Rey. Rise and take them... Rey... Rise." Both the voices of McGregor and Guinness are used, again with recording of Guinness saying "afraid" being repurposed to say "Rey". Other films Obi-Wan is referenced indirectly in the 2016 film Rogue One. Rebel Alliance leader Mon Mothma (Gene... |
discussing the issue, which had originally been on a consent agenda. Several cast their votes with catchphrases from the original Star Trek series. "To Orbital, live long and prosper," said Steven Miller, who lived in Sterling. "Can you give me any speed, Scotty?", incorrectly using a Scottish accent as he did so. One ... | tried to be serious. He reminded the board that "warp" had other meanings. "You need to think about it before you vote on it" he warned. "Would you prefer 'Beam me up, Scotty?'", the board's chairman replied. In the end the vote was unanimous. "What more uplifting motion could there possibly be than something that will... |
a crater on the Saturnian moon Epimetheus Games Pollux, a character in the erotic anime series Words Worth Pollux (arcade game), an arcade game manufactured by Dooyong in 1991 Pollux Gamelabs, a Danish game development company. The Pollux Engine, a game engine developed by Square-Enix for easy porting between the Wii a... | The Pollux Engine, a game engine developed by Square-Enix for easy porting between the Wii and Nintendo DS systems, used in both versions of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time Ships , the name of more than one ship , the name of more than one United States Navy ship was known as Pollux in 1994-1995 Other ... |
produced from castor oil Castor, a genus name of the beaver Castoreum, natural scent derived from the beaver People Given name Ancient Castor of Rhodes, Greek grammarian and rhetorician Drusus the Younger (13 BC – 23 CE), Roman consul, son of the Emperor Tiberius, nicknamed "Castor" Antonius Castor, ancient botanist Sa... | an undriven wheel Caster (or Castor) angle, relevant to a steered wheel Biology Castor oil plant, plant from which castor bean grows Castor oil, oil of the castor bean Castor wax, produced from castor oil Castor, a genus name of the beaver Castoreum, natural scent derived from the beaver People Given name Ancient Casto... |
that appeared in East Field in Alton Barnes, Wiltshire. On the night of 11–12 July 1992, a crop-circle-making competition with a prize of £3,000 (funded in part by the Arthur Koestler Foundation) was held in Berkshire. The winning entry was produced by three Westland Helicopters engineers, using rope, PVC pipe, a plank... | by amateur scientist John Rand Capron describes how several circles of flattened crops in a field were formed under suspicious circumstances and possibly caused by "cyclonic wind action", stating "as viewed from a distance, circular spots (...) they all presented much the same character, viz, a few standing stalks as a... |
(1974), and soon upgraded to the VT52 (1975). The VT52 featured a text display with 80 columns and 24 rows, bidirectional scrolling, and a custom control protocol that allowed the cursor to be moved about the screen. These "smart terminals" were a hit due both to their capabilities and to their ability to be run over i... | the VT100 was accomplished using interactive displays presented on the screen; the setup data was stored in non-volatile memory within the terminal. Maintainability was also significantly improved, since a VT100 could be quickly dismantled into replaceable modules. In 1983, the VT100 was replaced by the more powerful V... |
meteorites in the 1930s, and assembled the largest personal collection of meteorites up to that time. While based in Denver, Colorado, Nininger published the first edition of a pamphlet titled "A Comet Strikes the Earth", which described how Meteor Crater formed when an asteroid impacted the Earth. In 1942, Harvey Nini... | volcanism. Daniel M. Barringer In 1903, mining engineer and businessman Daniel M. Barringer suggested that the crater had been produced by the impact of a large iron-metallic meteorite. Barringer's company, the Standard Iron Company, staked a mining claim to the land and received a land patent signed by Theodore Roosev... |
to the flexibility and texture of the fabric. The cross-section of the linen fiber is made up of irregular polygonal shapes which contribute to the coarse texture of the fabric. Properties Linen fabric feels cool to touch, a phenomenon which indicates its higher conductivity (the same principle that makes metals feel "... | to its strength, in the Middle Ages linen was used for shields, gambesons, and bowstrings; in classical antiquity it was used to make a type of body armour, referred to as a linothorax. Because of its strength when wet, Irish linen is a very popular wrap of pool/billiard cues, due to its absorption of sweat from hands.... |
surcoat From about the 12th century, knights wore long, flowing surcoats, frequently emblazoned with their personal arms, over their armor. These usually extended to about mid-calf, had slits in the bottom front and back, allowing the wearer to ride comfortably, and were either sleeved or sleeveless. Historians believe... | phased out of use. This period in the history of armour development, in which surcoats became increasingly rare, is referred to as the "surcoatless period" (1420-1485). Women's surcoat Women began wearing surcoats during the 13th century, both with and without sleeves. A particular style, known as the sideless surcoat,... |
that the force equipped with improvised vehicles prevailed over the force equipped with purpose-built fighting vehicles. MILAN anti-tank guided missiles provided by France were key to the Chadian success, while the Libyan forces were poorly deployed and organized. The Troubles in Northern Ireland Throughout the conflic... | funeral on a Toyota pickup. Proving their susceptibility to heavy weapons and their value as a military prize, the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) was able to capture 30 "battlewagons" during the defeat of warlord Abdi Qeybdid's militia at the Second Battle of Mogadishu in 2006. That September, an impressive array of 130 te... |
Many types of animals eat grass as their main source of food, and are called graminivores – these include cattle, sheep, horses, rabbits and many invertebrates, such as grasshoppers and the caterpillars of many brown butterflies. Grasses are also eaten by omnivorous or even occasionally by primarily carnivorous animals... | estimated to constitute 40.5% of the land area of the Earth, excluding Greenland and Antarctica. Grasses are also an important part of the vegetation in many other habitats, including wetlands, forests and tundra. Though they are commonly called "grasses", groups such as the seagrasses, rushes and sedges fall outside t... |
38 of his specimens were fakes. Among these were the teeth of a reptile/mammal hybrid, Plagiaulax dawsoni, "found" in 1891 (and whose teeth had been filed down in the same way that the teeth of Piltdown Man were to be some 20 years later); the so-called "shadow figures" on the walls of Hastings Castle; a unique hafted ... | theories, and listing inconsistencies in Keith's statements and actions. Other investigations suggest that the hoax involved accomplices rather than a single forger. Richard Milner, an American historian of science, has presented a case that Arthur Conan Doyle may have been the perpetrator of the Piltdown Man hoax. Mil... |
of SI units. The H-field strength inside a long solenoid wound with 79.58 turns per meter of a wire carrying 1 A is approximately 1 oersted. The preceding statement is exactly correct if the solenoid considered is infinite in length with the current evenly distributed over its surface. The oersted is closely related to... | wound with 79.58 turns per meter of a wire carrying 1 A is approximately 1 oersted. The preceding statement is exactly correct if the solenoid considered is infinite in length with the current evenly distributed over its surface. The oersted is closely related to the gauss (G), the CGS unit of magnetic flux density. In... |
or silver depending on the dominant element. Analysis of the composition of electrum in ancient Greek coinage dating from about 600 BC shows that the gold content was about 55.5% in the coinage issued by Phocaea. In the early classical period, the gold content of electrum ranged from 46% in Phokaia to 43% in Mytilene. ... | purity of the gold coinage was reduced, and an alloy that can be called electrum began to be used. History Electrum is mentioned in an account of an expedition sent by Pharaoh Sahure of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt. It is also discussed by Pliny the Elder in his Naturalis Historia. Electrum is also mentioned in the Hebre... |
they can be associated with the Birt–Hogg–Dubé syndrome, acromegaly, and polycystic ovary syndrome. Elevated blood sugar and insulin is linked to an increased incidence of skin tags through an unknown mechanism. Treatment If removal is desired or warranted, it can be achieved by a dermatologist, general practitioner or... | syndrome, acromegaly, and polycystic ovary syndrome. Elevated blood sugar and insulin is linked to an increased incidence of skin tags through an unknown mechanism. Treatment If removal is desired or warranted, it can be achieved by a dermatologist, general practitioner or similarly trained professional who may use cau... |
of declining production, infertility or other health problems. Then the cow will be sold, most often going to slaughter. Industrial processing Dairy plants process the raw milk they receive from farmers so as to extend its marketable life. Two main types of processes are employed: heat treatment to ensure the safety of... | for about the last 20 days of the production cycle but this is not usual for large herds. If a cow is left unmilked just once she is likely to reduce milk-production almost immediately and the rest of the season may see her dried off (giving no milk) and still consuming feed. However, once-a-day milking is now being pr... |
Lake Tanganyika cichlids are the most basal. Cichlids' common ancestor is believed to have been a spit-spawning species. Both Madagascar and Indian cichlids retain this feature. However, of the African cichlids, all extant substrate brooding species originate solely from Lake Tanganyika. The ancestor of the Lake Malawi... | to evaluate the competing male for physical traits/fitness. Male cichlids are very territorial due to the pressure of reproduction, and establish their territory and social status by physically driving out challenging males (novel intruders) through lateral displays (parallel orientation, uncovering gills), biting, or ... |
self-government, Legislative Councils or Assemblies, in which the Governor often had a role. Today, crown colonies of the United Kingdom continue to be administered by a governor, who holds varying degrees of power. Because of the different constitutional histories of the former colonies of the United Kingdom, the term... | amalgamation of civil and military office which had been the practice under the Republic and the early Empire. Legacy While the Roman administration in the West was largely destroyed in the barbarian invasions, its model was remembered; this model became very influential through two particular vehicles: Roman law and t... |
mills Roller mills soon replaced stone grist mills as the production of flour has historically driven technological development, as attempts to make gristmills more productive and less labor-intensive led to the watermill and windmill. These terms are now applied more broadly to uses of water and wind power for purpose... | has been ground in a mill in which a revolving stone wheel turns over a stationary stone wheel, vertically or horizontally with the grain in between. Modern mills Roller mills soon replaced stone grist mills as the production of flour has historically driven technological development, as attempts to make gristmills mor... |
"estimate health risks that may be associated with hazardous compounds in heat-treated food, [and to] find cooking/processing methods that minimize the amounts of these compounds, thereby providing safe, nutritious, and high-quality food-stuffs." It found that "the evidence of acrylamide posing a cancer risk for humans... | micrograms/kg of acrylamide in mugicha. This is less than the >1000 micrograms/kg found in potato crisps and other fried whole potato snack foods cited in the same study and it is unclear how much of this is ingested after the drink is prepared. Rice cracker and sweet potato levels were lower than in potatoes. Potatoes... |
of Nevis within the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, and the nation of Niue. In some of these cases, the formal title remains "Prime Minister" but "Premier" is used to avoid confusion with the national leader. In these cases, care should be taken not to confuse the title of "premier" with "prime minister". In these... | and Caicos Islands, and the British Virgin Islands), the elected heads of government are styled as "Premier". In other overseas territories the equivalent post is styled as Chief Minister. "Premier" is also the title of the heads of government in sub-national entities, such as the provinces and territories of Canada, s... |
Tab may only have been a hunting goddess (see above, Comparisons). Today, the sensationalist idea of a "cult of Ix Tab" appears to be invoked by popular Yucatecan media to portray suicide as an indigenous problem, given that Yucatán has a suicide rate more than twice that of Mexico at large. See also Death deity Fakelo... | (DC53b) of a dead woman with a rope around the neck, suspended from a celestial bar, is often, and without further proof, taken to represent Ix Tab. However, since the picture occurs in a section devoted to eclipses of sun and moon, it may rather have been used to symbolize a lunar eclipse and its dire consequences for... |
modern intellectuals not as talkers, but as practical-minded directors and organisers who produced hegemony through ideological apparatuses such as education and the media. Furthermore, he distinguished between a traditional intelligentsia which sees itself (wrongly) as a class apart from society, and the thinking grou... | years' imprisonment in Turi, near Bari. Over 11 years in prison, his health deteriorated: "His teeth fell out, his digestive system collapsed so that he could not eat solid food... he had convulsions when he vomited blood and suffered headaches so violent that he beat his head against the walls of his cell." An interna... |
Advancement is required to be a Master Mason. A further degree may conferred; one not present in the York Rite, that of Royal Ark Mariner; although strictly speaking this degree is conferred in a Lodge of Royal Ark Mariners – said lodge being 'anchored' or 'moored' to the parent Mark Lodge. In the U.S., this degree for... | called Cryptic Masonry or the Cryptic Rite because a crypt or underground room figures prominently in the degrees. Royal Master Select Master Super Excellent Master In some councils, a Most Excellent Master degree is offered between Select Master and Super Excellent Master, and some jurisdictions do not have the Super ... |
exchanged the epithet "Shockhead" or "Tanglehair" (Haraldr lúfa) for the one by which he is usually known. In 866, Harald made the first of a series of conquests over the many petty kingdoms which would compose all of Norway, including Värmland in Sweden, which had sworn allegiance to the Swedish saga-king Erik Eymunds... | a catalogue of the kings of Norway. The first part describes Harald Fairhair's birth ancestry in form of his paternal grandfather Gudrød the Hunter and maternal grandfather Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye, and his parents Halfdan the Black and Ragnhildr. The text also describes Halfdan having another son called Harald by anoth... |
colony of New South Wales, governed at that time by Sir George Gipps. When New Zealand was designated a Crown colony in 1841, Hobson was raised to the rank of governor, which he held until his death the following year. Subsequently, in 1848 New Zealand was divided into three provinces: New Ulster, New Munster, and New ... | Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey Isle of Man – Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man Jersey – Lieutenant Governor of Jersey Hong Kong (historical) – Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong (1843–1902) Indonesia (historical) – Lieutenant-Governor of Java (1811–1814) India – Governors and Lieutenant-Governors of states of India... |
knotted designs in the Celtic manner. Examples of plait work (a woven, unbroken cord design) predate knotwork designs in several cultures around the world, but the broken and reconnected plait work that is characteristic of true knotwork began in northern Italy and southern Gaul and spread to Ireland by the 7th century... | motifs in Celtic art before the Christian influence on the Celts, which began around 450. These designs found their way into early Christian manuscripts and artwork with the addition of depictions from life, such as animals, plants and even humans. In the beginning, the patterns were intricate interwoven cords, called ... |
of the Paschal candle is one of the most solemn moments of the service. The Easter Vigil liturgies of the Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican, Methodist and Presbyterian Churches are nearly identical. On Maundy Thursday of the same week the entire church is darkened by extinguishing all candles and lamps. This represent... | The candle is raised three times during the procession, accompanied by the chant "The light of Christ" to which the assembly responds "Thanks be to God". In some communities, it is common for nearby churches of different Christian denominations (e.g. Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican, Methodist and Presbyterian) to make the... |
inspiration for creating Morph, a simple clay character. Around the same time Lord and Sproxton made their first foray into adult animation with the shorts Down and Out and Confessions of a Foyer Girl, entries in the BBC's Animated Conversations series using real-life conversations as soundtracks. Aardman also created ... | signed and in 2010 renewed a three-year deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment to finance, co-produce, and distribute feature films. The next year, Aardman released a new Wallace and Gromit short film, called A Matter of Loaf and Death. The first film made in partnership with Sony was the computer-animated Arthur Christ... |
of the City of Wells following their return from Cyprus in 1956. City status As the seat of an ancient cathedral and diocese, Wells is historically regarded as a city. City status was most recently confirmed by Queen Elizabeth II by letters patent dated 1 April 1974, which granted city status specifically to the civil ... | destination, due to its historical sites, its proximity to Bath, Stonehenge and Glastonbury and its closeness to the Somerset coast. Also nearby are Wookey Hole Caves, the Mendip Hills and the Somerset Levels. Somerset cheese, including Cheddar, is made locally. Wells is part of the Wells and Shepton Mallet Travel to W... |
where can be any integer and denotes the floor function that rounds its argument down to an integer. These numbers approximate from below to within an error of , which can be made arbitrarily small by choosing to be arbitrarily large. For a fractal subset of the real numbers, this error bound is within a constant facto... | and can represent the fractional parts of 2-adic numbers. Functions from natural numbers to dyadic rationals have been used to formalize mathematical analysis in reverse mathematics. Applications In measurement Many traditional systems of weights and measures are based on the idea of repeated halving, which produces dy... |
the aortic arch and great vessels by a layer of fascia. The left brachiocephalic vein may even be embedded within the thymus. In the neck, it lies on the front and sides of the trachea, behind the sternohyoid and sternothyroid muscles. Microanatomy The thymus consists of two lobes, merged in the middle, surrounded by a... | including the inner lining of the mouth and of the nails due to dysfunction of TH17 cells, and symptoms often beginning in childhood. Many other autoimmune diseases may also occur. Treatment is directed at the affected organs. Thymoma-associated multiorgan autoimmunity Thymoma-associated multiorgan autoimmunity can occ... |
which supported Indonesian independence in principle, was hesitant, because of the policies of Sukarno. Minister of Colonies Jan Anne Jonkman defended the Linggadjati Agreement in Parliament in 1946 by stating that the government wished for New Guinea to remain under Dutch sovereignty, arguing it could be a settlement ... | harsh climate and natural conditions, and because of the fact the settlers, previously office workers, were not skilled in agriculture. The number of settlers remained small. In the Netherlands proper, some organisations existed that promoted a kind of "tropical Holland" in New Guinea, but they were rather marginal. Th... |
procedure libraries (LIBRARY,INSTALL and OVERLAY), LOCAL DATA and LOCAL ERROR handlers, a relative RESTORE, array operations, new operators, STEP TRACE, Commands for the new sound system, mouse, graphics. The graphics commands were entirely backwards compatible, the sound less so; for example, the ENVELOPE keyword from... | for the 6502 and, later, the Zilog Z80, NS32016 and ARM. The assembler was fully integrated into the BASIC interpreter and shared variables with it, which could be included between the [ and ] characters, saved via *SAVE and *LOAD, and called via the CALL or USR commands. This allowed developers to write not just assem... |
later clarified that this anomaly was due to higher reporting rates of minor crimes in Kochi than in other Indian cities. The State Crime Records Bureau (SCRB) report gives further credence to this as it finds that Kochi has the fewest crime against women in the state of Kerala. According to the 2011 CII/Institute of C... | the district. SH 63, Vypeen Pallipuram Road and SH 66, Alappuzha – Thoppumpady road are coastal roads that serve the narrow sliver of land between the backwaters and the sea. The main arterial roads of the city are the Mahatma Gandhi Road and Sahodaran Ayyappan Road in Ernakulam, constructed in 1925 & 1962 respectively... |
Nicolas Cochin (1715–1790), French engraver, designer, writer, and painter; son of the prior Pierre-Suzanne-Augustin Cochin (1823–1872), French politician and writer Denys Cochin, French politician and writer Augustin Cochin (politician) (1823–1872), French politician and writer Augustin Cochin (historian) (1876–1916),... | to: Geography Kingdom of Cochin, a former feudal city-state on Malabar Coast, India Cochinchina, former name used by Europeans for Vietnam, especially its Southern part Cochin, Saskatchewan, Canada, a Resort Village in Saskatchewan, Canada People with the surname Charles-Nicolas Cochin the Elder (1688–1754), French eng... |
about descriptions, and there may be no broad consensus across the scientific community for some time. The publishing of new data and opinions often enables adjustments and consensus. Nomenclature The naming of families is codified by various international bodies using the following suffixes: In fungal, algal, and bota... | ). In zoology, the family as a rank intermediate between order and genus was introduced by Pierre André Latreille in his (1796). He used families (some of them were not named) in some but not in all his orders of "insects" (which then included all arthropods). In nineteenth-century works such as the of Augustin Pyramus... |
the popular strawberry rhubarb pie. Food The species Rheum ribes has been eaten in the Islamic world since the 10th century. In Northern Europe and North America, the stalks are commonly cut into pieces and stewed with added sugar until soft. The resulting compote, sometimes thickened with corn starch, can then be used... | can cause illness. The colour of rhubarb stalks can vary from the commonly associated crimson red, through speckled light pink, to simply light green. Rhubarb stalks are poetically described as "crimson stalks". The colour results from the presence of anthocyanins, and varies according to both rhubarb variety and produ... |
religious grounds, although they stood up when the anthem was sung. The Kerala High Court concluded that there was nothing in it which could offend anyone's religious susceptibilities, and upheld their expulsion. On 11 August 1986, the Supreme Court reversed the High Court and ruled that the High Court had misdirected ... | India’s cultural heritage. The poem was first publicly recited on the second day of the annual session of the Indian National Congress in Calcutta (now Kolkata) on 27 December 1911. Then, it was followed in January 1912 at the annual event of the Adi Brahmo Samaj, however, it was largely unknown except to the readers o... |
variety of topics. "Everything" also includes the short story "The Private Life of Genghis Khan" and the original version of the Hitchhiker's companion story "Young Zaphod Plays It Safe". The book ends with the order of events for the memorial service that was held for Adams in September 2001, at St Martin-in-the-Field... | book, Mostly Harmless, saying "People have said, quite rightly, that Mostly Harmless is a very bleak book. And it was a bleak book. I would love to finish Hitchhiker on a slightly more upbeat note, so five seems to be a wrong kind of number; six is a better kind of number." Published version The book as published is di... |
be involved in the induction and maintenance of CRPS. Compelling evidence shows that the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor has significant involvement in the CNS sensitization process. It is also hypothesized that elevated CNS glutamate levels promote wind-up and CNS sensitization. In addition, there exists experime... | and even their clothing or bedding/blankets); abnormally increased sweating (or absent sweating); changes in skin temperature (alternating between sweaty and cold); changes in skin colouring (from white and mottled to bright red or reddish-violet); changes in skin texture (waxy, shiny, thin, tight skin); softening and ... |
reserves on development: the BBC Master was being developed; the ARM project was underway; the Acorn Business Computer entailed a lot of development work but ultimately proved to be something of a flop, with only the 32016-based version ever being sold (as the Cambridge Workstation). The company's research and developm... | machines in the business sector demonstrated that it was a viable market, especially given that sector's ability to cope with premium prices. The development of a business machine looked like a good idea to Acorn. A development programme was started to create a business computer using Acorn's existing technology—the BB... |
part by the lack of disability-related training provided to emergency planners and disaster relief personnel. Theory The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), produced by the World Health Organization, distinguishes between body functions (physiological or psychological, such as visi... | not available, often due to limited economic returns in supporting them. Some say medical humanities is a fruitful field where the gap between the medical and the social model of disability might be bridged. Social construction The social construction of disability is the idea that disability is constructed by social e... |
BASIC, whose development was led by Wilson for the next 15 years. As well as programming, she wrote the manuals and technical specifications, realising communication was an important part of being successful. In October 1983, Wilson began designing the instruction set for one of the first reduced instruction set comput... | development was led by Wilson for the next 15 years. As well as programming, she wrote the manuals and technical specifications, realising communication was an important part of being successful. In October 1983, Wilson began designing the instruction set for one of the first reduced instruction set computer (RISC) pro... |
Revolution, which included predictions for the future up to the year 2000. This book was also printed in the USA as The Micro Millennium (New York: The Viking Press, ). He subsequently scripted and presented for ATV a six-part television series based on this book and broadcast posthumously by ITV between October and De... | of interviews with computer pioneers such as Konrad Zuse and Grace Hopper. These were released through the Science Museum, London, as Pioneers of Computing, a set of cassette tapes. Christopher Evans also edited two anthologies of psychological science fiction/horror stories, Mind at Bay and Mind in Chains, a collectio... |
intended to encourage technical advances in civil aviation but became a contest for pure speed with laps over a (usually) triangular course, initially and later extended to . The contests were staged as time trials, with aircraft setting off individually at set intervals, usually 15 minutes apart. The contests were ver... | with a Macchi M.39 and won against the Americans with a run at Hampton Roads. The United States, short of funds, did not develop new aircraft for the 1926 title defence; the M.39, designed by Mario Castoldi, used a Fiat AS2 engine and was streamlined in the manner of the 1925 Supermarine and Curtiss entrants. The Ameri... |
Science of Cambridge, inexpensive microprocessors had started appearing on the market. Sinclair came up with the idea of selling a microprocessor teaching kit, and in June 1978, Science of Cambridge launched the MK14 kit, based on the National SC/MP chip, in June 1978. As Sinclair began working on the MK14's successor,... | startup capital to advertise his inventions and buy components. He designed PCB kits and licensed some technology. Then he took his design for a miniature transistor pocket radio and sought a backer for its production in kit form. Eventually he found someone who agreed to buy 55% of his company for £3,000, but the deal... |
scene from Revenge of the Sith showing Yoda's arrival on the planet. George Lucas reportedly said it was removed so the film would not have "too many endings." The scene was released under the title "Exile to Dagobah" on the film's DVD. Other media The Clone Wars featured Dagobah in a sixth-season episode, in which Yod... | In the Star Wars expanded universe, Yoda confronted a Bpfasshi Dark Jedi on Dagobah, some years before the events in The Empire Strikes Back, and the cave where the Dark Jedi died became strong in the dark side of the Force. Star Wars Tales later retconned this event to take place earlier, with another Jedi of Yoda's s... |
family business from North Brabant in the Netherlands, that is active in the beer, soft drink and malt sector. The company is fully owned by the Swinkels family for seven generations. The head office is located in Lieshout and there are subsidiaries in twelve countries. Swinkels Family Brewers is the second largest bre... | bottles an hour. By 1940 a malt house was built. The output of the brewery at the beginning of the Second World War was approximately 40,000 hectolitres per annum, with an almost nationwide coverage in distribution. In 1955 the company started manufacturing soft drinks under the brand name 3-ES. This name refers to the... |
around nanotechnology and its effects. It is edited by American writers Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois. Contents "Blood Music" by Greg Bear "Margin of Error" | Michael F. Flynn "Recording Angel" by Ian McDonald "Sunflowers" by Kathleen Ann Goonan "The Logic Pool" Stephen Baxter "Any Major Dude" Paul Di Filippo "We Were Out of Our Minds with Joy" by David Marusek "Willy in the Nano-lab" by Geoffrey A. Landis External links 1998 short story collections Jack Dann |
forms around the outgoing eye-leg. On the first of arctic explorer John Ross' expeditions (1818) the Inuit (Eskimos) presented him a sled that contained several of these knots, showing that it is a genuine Inuit knot. The knot is not mentioned in The Ashley Book of Knots but in its Russian equivalent, the book "Морские... | around the outgoing eye-leg. On the first of arctic explorer John Ross' expeditions (1818) the Inuit (Eskimos) presented him a sled that contained several of these knots, showing that it is a genuine Inuit knot. The knot is not mentioned in The Ashley Book of Knots but in its Russian equivalent, the book "Морские узлы"... |
included in the Linux distribution kmLinux version S-0.4, but was removed in version S-0.5 released on 23 March 2001. Beonex 0.8 was released in June 2002 received positive reviews about its speed. Beonex Launcher (BeOL, spoken B-O-L), was an additional upcoming product that never left alpha status; it was a stripped-d... | on 23 March 2001. Beonex 0.8 was released in June 2002 received positive reviews about its speed. Beonex Launcher (BeOL, spoken B-O-L), was an additional upcoming product that never left alpha status; it was a stripped-down version of Beonex Communicator: a Web browser combined with an email client and a chat client. W... |
As of the early 1990s, about 13% of the Earth was considered arable land, with 26% in pasture, 32% forests and woodland, and 1.5% urban areas. Land change modeling can be used to predict and assess future shifts in land use. As Albert Guttenberg (1959) wrote many years ago, "'Land use' is a key term in the language of ... | of land. In these situations, judicial decisions and enforcement of private land-use arrangements can reinforce public regulation, and achieve forms and levels of control that regulatory zoning cannot. There is growing concern that land use regulation is a direct cause of housing segregation in the United States today.... |
became part of Elbert County. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which are land and (0.3%) are covered by water. Adjacent counties Jefferson County, Colorado – west Arapahoe County, Colorado – north Elbert County, Colorado – east El Paso County, Colorado – south Teller Co... | county was $34,848. About 1.6% of families and 2.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.9% of those under age 18 and 3.7% of those age 65 or over. Douglas County had the highest median household income of any Colorado county or statistical equivalent in 2000. In 2008, it ranked eighth in the Unit... |
, were auctioned off for a total profit of US$3,400. A new train depot brought the Denver and Rio Grande Railway to the area. During the late 1800s and early 1900s, Castle Rock had a very active rhyolite quarrying industry. Many immigrants arrived in the area to work in the quarries. In 1936, the town received a donati... | business, science, and arts; 25.8% in sales and office occupations; 14.7% in service occupations; 6.4% in natural resources, construction, and maintenance; and 5.2% in production, transportation, and material moving. The three industries employing the largest proportion of the working civilian labor force were educatio... |
the Pan American Freeway, and there are frequent exits to city streets. A major interchange with I-40 (which is styled as the Coronado Freeway in the city) is named the Big I. It was given an honorable mention by the United States Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration for excellence in urb... | leaves New Mexico traversing Raton Pass () and enters Colorado. Due to its elevation and frequent winter snowstorms, I-25 is sometimes impassible and closed in both directions at Raton Pass during winter months. From Santa Fe to Trinidad, Colorado, I-25 approximates part of the route of the Santa Fe Trail. For its enti... |
intensity zones. New Zealand New Zealand's planning system is grounded in effects-based Performance Zoning under the Resource Management Act. Philippines Zoning and land use planning in the Philippines is governed by the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) and previously by the Housing and Lan... | neighborhood that lacks access to healthy foods. Pattern zoning Pattern zoning is a zoning technique in which a municipality provides licensed pre-approved building designs, typically with an expedited permitting process. Pattern zoning is used to reduce barriers to housing development, create more affordable housing, ... |
the nineteenth century, the development of legal ethics tended to obviate the risks to the public, particularly after the scandal of the Swynfen will case (1856–1864). However, the principles are relevant to modern contingent fee agreements between a lawyer and a client and to the assignment by a plaintiff of his right... | to a successful issue, the plaintiff will repay them with a share of the proceed from the suit. In Giles v Thompson Lord Justice Steyn declared: "In modern idiom maintenance is the support of litigation by a stranger without just cause. Champerty is an aggravated form of maintenance. The distinguishing feature of champ... |
megafauna mammal. From their center of origin, mangoes diverged into two genetically distinct populations: the subtropical Indian group and the tropical Southeast Asian group. The Indian group is characterized by having monoembryonic fruits, while the Southeast Asian group is characterized by polyembryonic fruits. It w... | buttermilk and sugar. Ripe mangoes are also used to make curries. Aamras is a popular thick juice made of mangoes with sugar or milk, and is consumed with chapatis or pooris. The pulp from ripe mangoes is also used to make jam called mangada. Andhra aavakaaya is a pickle made from raw, unripe, pulpy, and sour mango, mi... |
state is permitted. Nomenclature The genus name Catha is a Latinization of the Arabic name قات, which is regularly romanized as qāt. In English, the spellings qat and khat were equally common until about 2000, when the khat spelling became more common. Other romanizations include kat, quatt, qaad, qhat, ghat, and chat.... | abuse that can produce psychic dependence, although the WHO does not consider khat addiction to be a serious problem. The legality of khat varies by region. In many countries, khat might not be a specifically controlled substance but may nevertheless be illegal under more general laws. It is a specifically controlled s... |
Qatar Microsoft Office Quick Access Toolbar Intel QuickAssist Technology for cryptography and compression See also The Qat Collection, | alpha-3 code for Qatar Microsoft Office Quick Access Toolbar Intel QuickAssist Technology |
necromancy (Leviticus 20:27), this warning was not always heeded. One of the foremost examples is when King Saul had the Witch of Endor invoke the spirit of Samuel, a judge and prophet, from Sheol using a ritual conjuring pit (1 Samuel 28:3–25). However, the so-called witch was shocked at the presence of the real spiri... | also found in both astral magic and necromancy. Christian and Jewish influences appear in the symbols and in the conjuration formulas used in summoning rituals. Practitioners were often members of the Christian clergy, though some nonclerical practitioners are recorded. In some instances, mere apprentices or those orda... |
forming secondary phloem cells. As secondary xylem accumulates, the "girth" (lateral dimensions) of the stem and root increases. As a result, tissues beyond the secondary phloem including the epidermis and cortex, in many cases tend to be pushed outward and are eventually "sloughed off" (shed). At this point, the cork ... | sensed by PhyA, the phyA in the shoot will be mostly in its active form. In this form, PhyA stabilize the transcription factor HY5 causing it to no longer be degraded as it is when phyA is in its inactive form. This stabilized transcription factor is then able to be transported to the roots of the plant through the phl... |
Erythromelalgia Essential tremor Exploding head syndrome F Fabry's disease Fahr's syndrome Fainting Familial spastic paralysis Fetal alcohol syndrome Febrile seizures Fisher syndrome Fibromyalgia Foville's syndrome Fragile X syndrome Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome Friedreich's ataxia Frontotemporal dementi... | Familial spastic paralysis Fetal alcohol syndrome Febrile seizures Fisher syndrome Fibromyalgia Foville's syndrome Fragile X syndrome Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome Friedreich's ataxia Frontotemporal dementia Functional neurological symptom disorder G Gaucher's disease Generalized anxiety disorder Generali... |
with diabetes. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P | G H I J K L M N O P |
excess sugar alcohol (polyol), the lens imbibes water, causing osmotic imbalance. Eventually, increased sodium and decreased potassium levels and decreased glutathione levels lead to cataract formation. Topical administration of aldose reductase inhibitors have been shown to prevent the cataract in rats. Asthma and COP... | gooseberry, spinach, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, basil leaves, lemon, black pepper, orange, curry leaves, cannabis, cinnamon and lichen. Luteolin, a type of flavonoid found mostly in leaves, and their synthetic derivatives are potential inhibitors of aldose reductase. Diabetic cataract Diabetic cataract formation follow... |
combinations of elements (vectors) of S, which follows from the above definition. In the case of infinite S, infinite linear combinations (i.e. where a combination may involve an infinite sum, assuming that such sums are defined somehow as in, say, a Banach space) are excluded by the definition; a generalization that a... | were replaced by (1, 0, 0), it would also form the canonical basis of R3. Another spanning set for the same space is given by {(1, 2, 3), (0, 1, 2), (−1, , 3), (1, 1, 1)}, but this set is not a basis, because it is linearly dependent. The set {(1, 0, 0), (0, 1, 0), (1, 1, 0)} is not a spanning set of R3, since its span... |
thus demonstrated his usefulness, Gerald was selected to accompany the Archbishop of Canterbury, Baldwin of Forde, on a tour of Wales in 1188, the object being a recruitment campaign for the Third Crusade. His account of that journey, the Itinerarium Cambriae (1191) was followed by the Descriptio Cambriae in 1194. His ... | Peter de Leia. According to Gerald, the king said at the time: "It is neither necessary or expedient for king or archbishop that a man of great honesty or vigour should become Bishop of St Davids, for fear that the Crown and Canterbury should suffer thereby. Such an appointment would only give strength to the Welsh and... |
was widely popular in its day, being translated into other languages from its original Latin. It was given historical credence well into the 16th century, but is now considered historically unreliable. Biography Geoffrey was born between about 1090 and 1100, in Wales or the Welsh Marches. He had reached the age of majo... | him. Historia Regum Britanniae Geoffrey wrote several works in Latin, the language of learning and literature in Europe during the medieval period. His major work was the Historia Regum Britanniae (The History of the Kings of Britain), the work best known to modern readers. It relates the purported history of Britain, ... |
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