Basilicon

Basilicon, or basilicum, is the name given to various ointments that were believed to have ’sovereign’ virtues. One such example was an unguent composed of rosin, wax, pitch, and oil, which pre-modern surgeons used as a suppurative.


References

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See also

Decorticator

A decorticator (from Latin: cortex, bark) is a machine for stripping the skin, bark, or rind off nuts, wood, plant stalks, grain, etc, in preparation for further processing.

Quoted from Hemp - American History Revisited by Robert Deitch copyright 2003 Algora Publishing

… because of the 1917 introduction of a machine designed by George Schlichten, known as the “Decorticator.” The Decorticator separated the long hemp fibers from the pulpy celluloid (hurds) center of the hemp stalks, dramatically reducing the exorbitant labor costs associated with cleaning and preparing hemp for further processing.”

Extracorporeal

An extracorporeal medical procedure is a medical procedure which is carried outside the body.


Circulatory procedures

It is usually a procedure in which blood is taken from a patient’s circulation to have a process applied to it before it is returned to the circulation. All of the apparatus carrying the blood outside the body is termed the extracorporeal circuit.

  • Hemodialysis
  • Hemofiltration
  • Plasmapheresis
  • Apheresis
  • Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
  • Assisted blood circulation (heart-lung machine) during open heart surgery.


Other procedures

It is also used to refer to extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL), which is unrelated to other extracorporeal therapies, in that the device used to break up the kidney stones is held completely outside the body, whilst the lithotripsy itself occurs inside the body.(It is worth noting that other similar therapies, for example radiotherapy are not termed extracorporeal)


External links

  • Extracorporeal Circulation. MedicalGlossary.org

Bill Stoneham

Bill Stoneham is an artist and writer who is notable for painting eBay’s ‘haunted painting’ The Hands Resist Him, which became an Internet meme.

Stoneham also did some graphic designs in the computer game Uru: Ages Beyond Myst.


External

links

  • Stoneham Studios Official site
  • Painting at Castle of Spirits.com

Hard palate

The hard palate is a thin horizontal bony plate of the skull, located in the roof of the mouth. It spans the arch formed by the upper teeth.

It is formed by the palatine process of the maxilla and horizontal plate of palatine bone.

It forms a partition between the nasal passages and the mouth. This partition is continued deeper into the mouth by a fleshy extension called the soft palate.


Function

The interaction between the tongue and the hard palate is essential in the formation of certain speech sounds, notably. Also surrounds the teeth to protect them.


Cleft

In the birth defect called cleft palate, the left and right portions of this plate are not joined, forming a gap between the mouth and nasal passage (a related defect affecting the face is cleft lip).

Cleft palate has a severe impact upon the ability to nurse and speak but is now cured through reconstructive surgical procedures at an early age (where such procedures are available).


See also

  • Soft palate
  • Palate
  • Maxilla
  • Head and neck anatomy


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Culture Genocide

Cultural Genocide is a term that describes the extermination of one small culture by a larger culture. Due to the lack of understanding, specifically by Western Cultures, caused many small cultural techniques, languages, and other ritual to be forbidden and eventually abolished. However, a small percentage of a culture is preserved by practitioners who still abide by it; however, later generations become influenced by more modern cultures that the old culture eventually becomes extinct.


See also

  • Americanization
  • Westernization

Ingeo

Ingeo™ is a trademark for the first commercially viable man-made fiber made from 100% annually renewable resources. The process to create Ingeo makes use of the carbon naturally stored in plants by photosynthesis. Plant starches are broken down into sugars. The carbon and other elements in these natural sugars are then used to make a biopolymer through a process of simple fermentation and separation. The resulting resin, called NatureWorks® PLA, can then be spun or extruded into Ingeo for use in textiles.

Like other synthetic fibers, Ingeo has a number of advantages over natural fibers. Examples are high strength, high dimensional stability, and high resilience. In addition, PLA is more resistant to ultraviolet light than most other synthetics. It has relatively low flammability and smoke generation. Because it is more hydrophilic than common polyester fibers, when blended with cotton and wool, Ingeo results in lighter garments that wick moisture away from the skin.

Of its renewable resources, Genetically modified organisms (or GMOs) as well as its naturally occurring counterpart are sometimes used unseparated in the process to make Ingeo. Examples are corn and genetically modified corn. However, it is up to the distributer’s disgretion what level of restrictions to request in terms of GMOs. Three “source-options” are available: strict restrictions on GMOs (third party certified, no GMOs), a balanced mix (50% GMO, 50% non-GMO), or “seed-to-resin identity preserved grade.” (source: http://www.natureworksllc.com/media/files/from%20corn%20to%20plastic/corn%20to%20plastics%20poster_02%2013%2006_final.pdf)

Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center

The Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center is a correctional facility operated by the New Jersey Department of Corrections. The facility is located in the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. ADTC provides treatment to convicted sex offenders. The Bureau of State Use Industries/DEPTCOR operates a clothing shop at the facility. The Northern Regional Unit, located in Kearny, serves as the temporary location for civilly committed sexual predators. Post-release treatment services are an integral part of the sex offender parole programs. A relapse prevention program uses psychologists to run aftercare groups at ADTC. As of August 1, 2006, the facility had a population of 684.


External links

  • Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center

Lincoln (sheep)

The Lincoln Longwool is a breed of sheep from England that has been significantly altered by selective breeding in the later part of the eighteenth century. Cross-breeding with Leicesters improved the breed’s meat production qualities.

It is the largest of all Longwool breeds. It is also one of the most docile breeds of sheep around. The Lincoln Longwool was exported to places like Australia and New Zealand where they were cross bred with the sheep over there, to increase wool supply.

The adult has a body weight of about 60 kg, its fleece can weigh up to 7 kg with a diameter of about 40 microns and a staple ranging up to 240 mm.

BME (website)

BME stands for Body Modification Ezine. It is an online magazine that is famous for its coverage of extreme body modification. See http://www.bodytwo.com
BME chronicles the current and historical body modification world internationally; covering tattooing, piercing, suspension and ritual, scarification, and similar acts in its public sections. It also has a members’ area called BME/extreme which focuses on implants, amputation, eunuchs, subincision, saline inflation, silicone, and other heavy body transformations, as well as an adults-only area called BME/HARD which covers the erotic application of these modifications and acts, including cock and ball torture (CBT).


History and content

BME was started as a web site in 1994 by Shannon Larratt and is the first body modification website and is by far the largest (with hundreds of thousands of unique images and stories), and covers a full spectrum of body modification (rather than being limited to only tattoos for example). While an “underground” or “counterculture” website in many ways, BME’s Web traffic far outpaces many mainstream websites as it generates tens of millions of hits daily. BME offers evidence to counter many myths about body modification and the body modification community, and has many FAQs and an online wiki encyclopedia and documentation of risks and safety information.

BME was further expanded in 2000 by the addition of IAM.bmezine, an online community, which hosts blogs specifically for members of the body-modification community. Users are able to view profiles and diary entries of other users, as well as participate in forums and chats with other members.

In late 2005, BME added both a video sister site, BMEvideo and a body modification blog, Modblog.BMEzine.com.

The site also publishes hoax articles each year on April Fool’s Day.

Both Shannon and his ex-wife Rachel Larratt have cameo appearances in the Kevin Smith feature Clerks II.

Currently, there is an ownership struggle going on over BMEzine, The site has been hijacked by Rachel Larratt and others and being illegaly run. Shannon has been locked out of his site(s) and is now blogging at Bodytwo.com.


Censorship

The BME site is blocked by many Internet filtering services intended to protect children (and workplaces), for reasons such as nudity, torture, and other adult content. It was banned by Germany’s Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Medien in 1999 as a “danger to the youth”.[1] In December 2005, the German agency forced Google to remove the site from search results returned by www.google.de [2] [3].

Shannon Larratt writes in [4]:

When Germany came after BME for “endangering the youth” and demanded that I make changes to the site to comply with German law, my response was to simply not visit Germany again (and I’m a German citizen). When the US started to pressure us, we moved all of our servers and presence out of the country and backed off on plans to live in the US. No changes were ever made to the site, and no images were ever removed — if anything, the pressure made me push those areas even more.


External links

  • BMEzine.com
  • BMEvideo.com
  • ModBlog.BMEzine.com
  • The BME Encyclopedia (wiki based)
  • Interview with Shannon Larratt of BMEzine - small WORLD Podcast 2006
  • Shannon Larratt’s current blog

Xylanase

Xylanase () is the name given to a class of enzymes which degrade the linear polysaccharide beta-1,4-xylan into xylose, thus breaking down hemicellulose, which is a major component of the cell wall of plants.

As such, it plays a major role in the digestive system of herbivorous micro-organisms (mammals, conversely, do not produce xylanase). Additionally, xylanases are present in fungi for the degradation of plant matter into usable nutrients.

Commercial applications for xylanase include the chlorine-free bleaching of wood pulp prior to the papermaking process, and the increased digestibility of silage (in this aspect, it is also used for fermentative composting).

Additionally, It is the key ingredient in the dough conditioners s500 and us500 manufactured by Puratos. These enzymes are used to improve the dough’s workability and absorption of water. [1]

In the future, xylanase may be used for the production of biofuel from unusable plant material [2].


References

  • p. 313 Google Print reference “Xylans can by hydrolyzed by beta-xylanase”

Community building

Community building is a field of practices directed toward the creation or enhancement of community between individuals within a regional area (such as a neighbourhood) or with a common interest. It is sometimes encompassed under the field of community development.

A wide variety of practices can be utilized for community building, ranging from simple events like potlucks and small book clubs, to larger–scale efforts such as mass festivals and building construction projects that involve local participants rather than outside contractors.

Activists engaged in community building efforts in industrialized nations see the apparent loss of community in these societies as a key cause of social disintegration and the emergence of many harmful behaviors. They may see building community as a means to increase social justice, individual well-being and reduce negative impacts of otherwise disconnected individuals.


Scott Peck Model

“Community Building” also refers to a group process developed by Dr. M. Scott Peck. This practice brings together individuals to go through the four basic psychological stages that typify the formation of a cohesive group that has established trust and a deep sense of connection. As described in his book “The Different Drum”, these four stages are known as “pseudo-community”, “Chaos”, “Emptyness” and “Community”. Individuals within the group may be at different stages at different times, and may move back and forth through the stages.

According to Peck, moving into “organisation”, forming rules for the group, disrupts the process and prevents community.

Pseudo community is where people are guarded but polite, talking of less important things and giving little away about themselves. Chaos is conflict. In Emptyness, participants “empty” themselves of their requirements and desires for the process and the other participants, enabling them to reach Community, in which they appreciate the process and other participants, and themselves, for who they are.

The group “Community Building in Britain” organises group sessions using this process.


See also

  • Community economic development
  • Sense of community
  • Community practice

Impacted

The term impacted may refer to any of the following

  • A condition where demand for a particular service, commodity or space is in severely short supply or high demand, such as on-street parking spaces, available seats in a very popular college class, or copies of a popular book, video or compact disc.
  • Wisdom teeth which are severely embedded in the jaw.

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Molar

Molar may refer to:

  • Molar (tooth), the fourth kind of tooth in mammals.
  • Molar (Physics), a body of matter as a whole, perceived apart from molecular or atomic properties.
  • Molar (M), a unit of concentration, or molarity, of solutions equal to 1 mol/L.
  • El Molar, Tarragona, a village in the comarca (county) of Priorat, province of Tarragona in the autonomous region of Catalonia, Spain.
  • El Molar, Madrid, a town in the north of the Community of Madrid in the road to Burgos, after San Agustín de Guadalix.
  • Molar behavior, or molara, larger units of behavior in psychology.

New Harp of Columbia

The New Harp of Columbia is a seven-shape shape note tune book first published in 1867 in Knoxville, Tennessee by Marcus Lafayette Swan. This book was the successor to The Harp of Columbia published by W. H. and M. L. Swan in 1848.

The New Harp of Columbia contains a unique seven-shape system devised by Swan, which differs from the “standard” seven-shape notation of Jesse B. Aiken. In October 2001, a Restored Edition was published. This edition adds a section of 39 pages of tunes from the 1848 Harp of Columbia which were not included in the New Harp of Columbia.

The New Harp of Columbia has maintained popularity in eastern Tennessee, with about 20 singings in 2004.


External links

  • Annual singings
  • Bob Richmond’s New Harp page
  • Old Harp in East Tennessee

Ford Custom 500

The Ford Custom 500 is a car model name that was used by the Ford Motor Company both in the United States and Canada from 1964 to 1978. It usually came equipped witha 289ci small block v8

The Custom 500 nameplate represented a slightly better trimmed version of the low-priced, economy models of Ford’s full-sized car range, which also included the Ford Galaxie 500 and LTD. A bare-bones Ford Custom model was also available from 1964 to 1972. Most customers of this model purchased them for taxi and police fleets, although the car appealed to many private customers who wanted a no-frills automobile with a lot of seating room and the power of a V-8 engine. The name survived in Canada until 1981 on a low priced version of the then current Ford LTD.

A brown 1971 Custom 500 4-door sedan with a blue interior, equipped with a 429 Police Interceptor/Cobra Jet engine and black steel wheels with Cooper Tire Wide Runner Polyglas tires, appeared in the 1973 Burt Reynolds film White Lightning and is perhaps the most famous Custom 500 ever. Unusually, scenes of the movie depict the cars (several were wrecked during filming, including the barge jumping scene) with either a manual or automatic transmissions.

Ford also produced a Custom 300 model from 1957 to 1961.

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The Downtown

The Downtown was a music venue located on 190 Main Street in Farmingdale, New York. The venue opened on December 21, 2001, and quickly became one of the most popular venues on Long Island, so much so that they developed their own line of clothing.

On September 19 2005, the Downtown sent an email to their mailing list announcing their closing, thanking the fans and bands for support, and offering refunds for the upcoming shows. No reason was cited. The closing announcement was posted on the main page of the official site.

As of 2006, the website’s main page shows the message “This page is currently under construction.” The page is still owned by The Downtown and it is not known at the time what they plan to do with the site until their domain registration expires on July 9, 2008.


Related articles

  • Live


External links

  • Official Site
  • Archives of the 2005 event calendar
  • Archives of the June 2002 - November 2004 event calendar
  • The event calendar containing all of the cancelled shows resulting from the closing of The Downtown

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Abfraction

Abfraction is the loss of tooth structure from flexural forces. This has not been supported yet by dental research but it is hypothesized that enamel, especially at the cementoenamel junction (CEJ), undergo this pattern of destruction by separating the enamel rods.

As teeth flex under pressure, the arrangement of teeth touching each other, known as occlusion, causes tension on one side of the tooth and compression on the other side of the tooth. This is believed to cause V-shaped depressions on the side under tension and C-shaped depressions on the side under compression.

This theory does not fully satisfy many researchers because there are many teeth whose occlusion causes tension and compression on either side. Consequently, it would be expected that many more teeth would show signs of abfraction, but this is not the case. Research is ongoing to identify the role abfraction has on this pattern of tooth destruction.


See also

  • Attrition
  • Erosion
  • Abrasion
  • Bruxism


References

  • The Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice
  • Summit, James B., J. William Robbins, and Richard S. Schwartz. “Fundamentals of Operative Dentistry: A Contemporary Approach.” 2nd edition. Carol Stream, Illinois, Quintessence Publishing Co, Inc, 2001. ISBN 0-86715-382-2.

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Arita, Saga

is a town located in Nishimatsuura District, Saga, Japan. As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 12,646 in an area is 27.09 km², giving a density of 466.81 persons per km².

Porcelain in the Imari style is produced in Arita. It is also the holder of the largest ceramic fair in Western Japan, the Arita Ceramic Fair. This event is held from April 29 to May 5 every year has thousands of stores and stalls lining the six-kilometre main street.


Sightseeing

  • The Kyushu Ceramic Museum (Kyushu Toji Bunkakan, 九州陶磁文化館) is located in Arita town. There are large exhibits of old and modern styles ceramics.
  • The Porcelain Park is a theme park of ceramics, and is modelled on the Zwinger Palace in Germany. Ceramic ware from the heyday of Arita is on display in the gallery.
  • Arita Kan (有田館) has an exhibition of modern art porcelain, 400 different cups for coffee or tea and a theatre with computerisd puppets made of porcelain.
  • At China On The Park dates back to the end of the last century when the Fukugawa factory was chosen to provide the Imperial household with porcelain. This large and modern style facility contains a factory, galleries, shops and a restaurant.
  • Tozan Shrine has a porcelain archway and other items of porcelain, which at other shrines are usually made of stone. This shrine is and was particularly revered by Arita’s ceramists.
  • Rokuroza (ろくろ座) Located near Kami Arita Station is a place where oou can learn how to make your own pottery.


Famous Pottery From Arita

  • Kakiemon
  • Imari porcelain
  • Nabeshima (see french version : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabeshima)


Potters From Arita

  • Kakiemon Sakaeda, The 1st Kakiemon
  • Sakaida Kakiemon XIV, who is a Living National Treasure in Japan
  • Imaizumi Imaemon XIII, who is a Living National Treasure in Japan
  • Tsuji Hitachi
  • Ryuzan Aoki
  • Manji Inoue, who is a Living National Treasure in Japan


See also

  • Japanese pottery
  • Yi Sam Pyong (Yi Sam-p’young; 1579-1655)
  • Hakuji
  • Izumi Mountain
  • Karatsu-yaki – Produced in Saga. The most produced pottery in western Japan. Believed to have started in the 16th century. Greatly influenced by Korean potters.
  • Koro
  • Okawachiyama (see Nabeshima on Wikipedia France)


External links

  • Arita town homepage
  • Map - Major Ceramic Kilns of Japan
  • Kyushu Newsletter: Kyushu And Ceramics

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Quality Practice Award

The Quality Practice Award (QPA) is an award that is given to general practitioner practices in the United Kingdom to show recognition for high quality patient care by all members of staff in the team. It is awarded by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP).

For the practice to achieve the award, evidence has to be provided that conforms to a set criteria in the following areas:

  • Practice Profile
  • Availability
  • Clinical Care
  • Communication
  • Continuity of Care
  • Equipment and Minor Surgery
  • Health Promotion
  • Information Technology
  • Medical Records
  • Nursing and Midwifery
  • Practice Management
  • Other Professional Staff
  • Patient Issues
  • Premises
  • Prescribing/Repeat Prescribing
  • The Practice as a Learning Organisation

After the evidence is completed, an onsite visit is arranged and takes place during a normal working day to assess the practice and interview the members of staff.


External link

  • Information from the RCGP’s website

Natural material

A natural material is any product or physical matter that comes from plants and animals used to make other objects or products. Minerals and the metals that can be extracted from them (without further modification) are also considered to belong into this category.

  • Organic materials

    • Wood (rattan, bamboo, bark etc)
    • Natural fibers (wool, cotton, flax, hemp, jute, kapok, kenaf, moss, etc.)
  • Inorganic materials
    • Stone (flint, granite, obsidian, sandstone, sand, gems, glass, etc.)
    • Metal (copper, bronze, iron, gold, silver, etc.)
    • Composites (clay, porcelain, etc.)


See also

  • Material science
  • Synthetic material
  • Natural resources
  • Building material

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Victor Veselago

Victor G. Veselago (born 1929, in Ukrainian SSR, USSR) - Russian physicist who, in 1967, theoretically envisioned negative permittivity negative permeability materials.
Only much later such materials were actually manufactured thanks to the work of Prof. John Pendry (Imperial College, London) and Prof. David Smith (University of California in San Diego), giving birth to a new field of research (metamaterials).
Such materials are not ‘natural’ materials but are artificially engineered nanostructures that, at given frequencies, show negative permeability and permittivity.

Remarkably, these materials can have a negative refractive index.
This allows them to focus near field light thus creating a perfect or “super”-lens.

There is active work on improving silicon lithography using superlenses made of these metamaterials.

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Metallic bond

Metallic bonding is the bonding between atoms within metals. It involves the delocalized sharing of free electrons among a lattice of metal atoms. Thus, metallic bonds may be compared to molten salts.

Metallic bonding is the electrostatic attraction between the metal atoms or ions and the delocalized electrons, also called conduction electrons. This is why atoms or layers are allowed to slide past each other, resulting in the characteristic properties of malleability and ductility.

Metal atoms typically contain fewer electrons in their valence shell relative to their period or energy level. These electrons can be easily lost by the atoms and therefore become delocalized and form a sea of electrons surrounding a giant lattice of positive ions.

The electrons and the positive ions in the metal have a strong attractive force between them. This means that more energy is required to negate these forces. Therefore metals often have high melting or boiling points. The principle is similar to that of ionic bonds.

Metallic bonding is non-polar, because for pure elemental metals and even for alloys there is no (or a very small) electronegativity difference among the atoms participating in the bonding interaction, and the electrons involved in that interaction are delocalized across the crystalline structure of the metal.

The metallic bond accounts for many physical characteristics of metals, such as strength, malleability, ductility, conduction of heat and electricity, and lustre.

Due to the fact that the electrons move independently of the positive ions in a sea of negative charge, the metal gains some electrical conductivity. It allows the energy to pass quickly through the electrons generating a current. Heat conduction works on the same principle - the free electrons can transfer the energy at a faster rate than other substances such as those which are covalently bonded, as these have their electrons fixed into position. There also are few non-metals which conduct electricity: graphite (because, like metals, they have free electrons), and molten and aqueous ionic compounds which have free moving ions.
http://www.chemguide.co.uk/atoms/bonding/metallic.html
http://www.chemguide.co.uk/atoms/structures/metals.html
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/chemical/bond.html

Metal atoms have at least one valence electron which they do not share with neighboring atoms, nor do they lose electrons to form ions. Instead the outer energy levels of the metal atoms overlap. They are similar to covalent bonds.
http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~aubrecht/physics133.html

Metallic bonding was first discovered by Frederick Louise in 1922.


See also

  • Chemical bond
  • Covalent bond
  • Ionic bond
  • Coordinate covalent bond


References

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Visual search

Visual search is a type of perceptual task requiring attention. Visual search involves an active scan of the visual environment for a particular object or feature (the target) among other objects or features (the distracters). Visual search can take place either with or without eye movements. Common examples include trying to locate a certain brand of cereal at the grocery store or a friend in a crowd (e.g. Where’s Waldo?). The scientific study of visual search typically makes use of simple, well-defined search items such as oriented bars or colored letters.

The efficiency of visual search depends on the number and type of distracters that may be present. Search tends to be more efficient when the target is very different from the distracters. The number of targets and distractors in a given visual array is called the display size. The display size effect is the degree to which task performance (Reaction time and/or accuracy) depends on the display size. The magnitude of the display size effect can vary greatly, from effectively zero (e.g., in searches for a red target among green distracters, called a feature search) to a large effect (e.g., in searches for a red X among green Xs and red Os, called a conjunction search). Search tasks with a small display size effect are referred to as “efficient;” search tasks showing a large display size effect are termed “inefficient.”


Types of search


Feature Search

Feature Search is the process of searching for targets defined by a unique visual feature, such as color, size, orientation or shape. Feature searches are typically efficient. For instance, an O is rapidly found among Xs, and a red target is rapidly found if all the distracters are black (see illustrations).


Conjunction Search

Conjunction Search occurs when a target stimulus is defined not by any single visual feature, but by a combination of two or more features. An example is search for an orange square among blue squares and orange triangles (see illustration): neither the single feature “orange” nor the feature “square” is sufficient in isolation to uniquely specify the search target.

Conjunction searches are typically inefficient, with the time to complete the search task increasing linearly with the number of distractors. This behavior is as if the subject were forced to examine each item in the search array one at a time before deciding whether or not it was the search target, leading to the term “serial search”.


Theories of Visual Search

  • Feature Integration Theory
  • Attentional Engagement Theory
  • Guided Search Theory


References

  • Wolfe, J M (1998). Visual Search. In H. Pashler (Ed.), Attention, East Sussex, UK: Psychology Press. Fulltext
  • Theeuwes, J. (1992). Perceptual selectivity for color and form. Perception & Psychophysics, 51, 599-606. Fulltext
  • Treisman, A., & Gelade, G., 1980. A feature integration theory of attention. Cognitive Psychology, 12, 97-136.
  • Verghese, P. (2001). Visual search and attention: A signal detection theory approach. Neuron, 31, 523-535(13).

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Coating

A coating is a covering that is applied to an object to protect it or change its appearance. They may be applied as liquids, gases or solids. The material on which the coating is deposited is usually referred to as a substrate

Examples of coatings:

  • Coating and printing processes
  • Chemical vapor deposition and physical vapor deposition
  • Conversion coating
  • Anodizing
  • Chromate conversion coating
  • Plasma electrolytic oxidation
  • Oxide (coating)
  • Phosphate (coating)
  • Paint
  • Enamel (paint)
  • Powder coating
  • Industrial coating
  • Silicate mineral paint
  • Fusion bonded epoxy coating (FBE coating)
  • pickled and oiled, a type of plate steel coating.
  • Plasma coatings
  • Plating
  • Polymer coatings, such as Teflon
  • Sputtered or vacuum deposited materials
  • Enamel (vitreous)


See also

  • List of coating techniques
  • Thin-film deposition

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Dental follicle

The dental follicle is a sac containing the developing tooth and its odontogenic organ.


See also

  • Tooth development


References

  • Cate, A.R. Ten. Oral Histology: development, structure, and function. 5th ed. 1998. ISBN 0-8151-2952-1.
  • Ross, Michael H., Gordon I. Kaye, and Wojciech Pawlina. Histology: a text and atlas. 4th edition. 2003. ISBN 0-683-30242-6.

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1515 in art


Events


Paintings

  • Armenia Painting - [[1]]
  • Leonardo da Vinci painted a little-known Bacchus.
  • Jan Gossaert painted The Adoration of the Kings.
  • Matthias Grünewald painted the Isenheim Altarpiece in Colmar, France.
  • Jacopo Pontormo painted Pharaoh with his Butler and Baker.
  • A portrait of Francis I of France was painted.


Births


Deaths

  • November 5 - Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian Renaissance painter

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Premolar

The premolar teeth or bicuspids are transitional teeth located between the canine and molar teeth. In humans, there are two premolars per quadrant, making eight premolars total in the mouth. They have at least two cusps. Premolars can be considered as a ‘transitional tooth’ during chewing, or mastication. It has properties of both the anterior canines and posterior molars, and so food can be transferred from the canines to the premolars and finally to the molars for grinding, instead of directly from the canines to the molars.

The premolars in humans are the maxillary first premolar, maxillary second premolar, mandibular first premolar, and the mandibular second premolar.

There is always one large buccal cusp, especially so in the mandibular first premolar. The lower second premolar always presents with two lingual cusps.

Premolar teeth by definition are permanent teeth distal to the canines preceded by deciduous molars. In primitive mammals there are four premolars per quadrant. The most mesial two have been lost in New World monkeys, apes, and humans. Paleontologists refer to human premolars as Pm3 and Pm4.


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Culture of Cape Verde

The Culture of Cape Verde features literatures including Claridade, Negrume and others and writers including Sergio Frusoni, Manuel Lopes, Ovídio Martins and more. The culture also has music proprieties including morna, funaná, coladera, tabanka and more. Cesária Évora, Tcheka and other Capeverdean singers throughout the world.


See also

  • Music of Cape Verde
  • Culture of Africa

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Hypodontia

In dentistry, hypodontia is the condition of naturally having fewer than the regular number of teeth. In Caucasians, the most commonly missing teeth are the wisdom teeth (25-35%), the upper lateral incisors (2%) or the lower second premolars (3%) The congenital absence of all teeth is called anodontia.
Hypodontia is often familial, or associated with ectodermal dysplasia or Down syndrome.
A similar condition is hyperdontia, in which there are more than the usual number of teeth.
Hypodontia explains a situation when there is a missing number of 6 teeth or less. The condition of missing over 6 teeth is called oligodontia.

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Hypodontia

In dentistry, hypodontia is the condition of naturally having fewer than the regular number of teeth. In Caucasians, the most commonly missing teeth are the wisdom teeth (25-35%), the upper lateral incisors (2%) or the lower second premolars (3%) The congenital absence of all teeth is called anodontia.
Hypodontia is often familial, or associated with ectodermal dysplasia or Down syndrome.
A similar condition is hyperdontia, in which there are more than the usual number of teeth.
Hypodontia explains a situation when there is a missing number of 6 teeth or less. The condition of missing over 6 teeth is called oligodontia.

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Union Pacific 1983

Union Pacific 1983 is an EMD SD70ACe locomotive owned by Union Pacific Railroad. It is one of UP’s locomotives painted in the scheme of a predecessor railroad. UP 1983 is painted in Western Pacific Railroad colors. The locomotive was unveiled together with number 1982 (painted in honor of Missouri Pacific Railroad) in a private ceremony on July 30 2005, in Omaha, Nebraska, after which it entered regular revenue service.


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  • Photos of UP 1983

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