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Protein - Functions. Proteins are involved in practically every function performed by a cell, including regulation of cellular functions such as signal transduction and metabolism. Life, chemically speaking, is nothing but the function of proteins although the information to make a unique protein resides in DNA. The protein involved in functions control the almost all molecular processes in body. Without such proteins, the activity requires a diffferent set of condition, such as high temperature and pressure. Fun ...

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Protein, Protein - Properties of Protein, Protein - Structure, Protein - Working with proteins, Protein - Protein regulation, Protein - Diversity, Protein - Role of Protein, Protein - Functions, Protein - Within Nutrition, Protein - History

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The relationship (particularly, the relative value) of classical music and popular music is a controversial question. Some partisans of classical music may claim that classical music constitutes art and popular music only light entertainment. However, many popular works show a high level of artistry and musical innovation and many classical works are unabashedly crowd-pleasing. The elevation of classical music to a position of special value is closely connected to the conce ...

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Popular music, Popular music - Definitions, Popular music - Theories of popular music, Popular music - The nature of popular music, Popular music - Popular music as a business enterprise, Popular music - Performance of popular music by amateurs, Popular music - Form, Popular music - Performers, Popular music - Genres, Popular music - Genres that are not popular music, Popular music - Classical music and popular music, Popular music - Complexity, Popular music - Influences between classical and popular music, Popular music - A List of Albums Generally Considered to be a Band's Magnum Opus, Popular music - Sources

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Flatulence - Dietary. Certain spices counteract the production of intestinal gas, most notably cumin, caraway and the closely related ajwain, turmeric, asafoetida (hing) and konbu (a Japanese culinary seaweed closely related to kelp). Many people report that by reducing intake of most refined carbohydrates (such as rice, pasta, potatoes and bread), the amount of flatulence may decrease significantly. The water-soluble oligosaccharides in beans that contribute to production of intestinal gas can be reduced ...

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Flatulence, Flatulence - Amount and constituents, Flatulence - Causes, Flatulence - Mechanism of action, Flatulence - Remedies, Flatulence - Dietary, Flatulence - Pharmacological, Flatulence - Cosmetic, Flatulence - Health effects, Flatulence - In animals, Flatulence - Environmental impact, Flatulence - Social context, Flatulence - Literature and the arts, Flatulence - Curiosities

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The Ark Royal participated in many exercises as part of the British fleet and NATO squadrons, but saw no combat duty. During the Suez Crisis in 1956, about a year after commissioning, she was doing her post-refit trials, so she was not involved with this operation. In 1963, she carried out trials for a new type of Vertical/Short Take Off and Landing (V/STOL) aircraft, the Hawker P.1127, which developed into the Hawker-Siddeley Harrier. She was involved in a notorious incident in 1970 when she collided with the Soviet destroyer ...

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HMS Ark Royal R09, HMS Ark Royal R09 - Construction and Modifications, HMS Ark Royal R09 - Operational History, HMS Ark Royal R09 - Aircraft and squadrons, HMS Ark Royal R09 - External link

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General Grievous - Transformation into a Cyborg. General Grievous was originally a warlord on his native planet Kalee. The Kaleesh had conquered the land and seas of their planet, and displayed pride in their superiority by wearing masks cobbled from the bones of their most feared animals, the mumuu and the karabbac. Warrior families would hand down these bone masks from generation to generation, adorning it with fresh blood prior to every hunt or campaign. Grievous wore such a mask in his battle against the hate ...

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General Grievous, General Grievous - Biography, General Grievous - Transformation into a Cyborg, General Grievous - The Clone Wars, General Grievous - Battle of Coruscant, General Grievous - MagnaGuards, General Grievous - Fighting Technique, General Grievous - Weakness, General Grievous - Under the control of Dooku, General Grievous - Relationship with Viceroy Gunray, General Grievous - Battle of Utapau, General Grievous - Fall of the Republic, General Grievous - On His Failure to Defeat Obi Wan, General Grievous - Grievous as a tool of the Sith, General Grievous - Kills and Trophies, General Grievous - Grievous's Recorded Jedi Kills, General Grievous - Grievous's Lightsabers, General Grievous - Behind the Scenes, General Grievous - Movie Notes, General Grievous - Trivia

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Body language is a broad term for several forms of communication using body movements or gestures, instead of, or as a complement to, sounds, verbal language, or other forms of communication. In turn, it is one category of paralanguage, which describes all forms of human communication that are not language. Paralanguage including body language has been extensively studied in social psychology. In everyday speech and popular psychology, the term is most often applied to body language that is thought to be involuntary, but in fac ...

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• Body language - Voluntary body language
• Body language - Involuntary body language
• Body language - Origins of body language
• Body language - The importance of body language in groups
• Body language - Examples

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The accordion is one of several European inventions of the early 19th century that used free reeds driven by a bellows; notable among them were: The Aeoline, by German Bernhard Eschenbach (and his cousin, Caspar Schlimbach), 1810. Was a piano with added aeoline register. Aeoline Harmonika and Pysharmonika are very similar names at that time. Aeoline and Aura ware first without bellows or keyboard. The Hand Physhamonika Anton Haeckel 1818 Hand type mentioned in music new ...

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Accordion, Accordion - Physical description, Accordion - History, Accordion - Piano accordions, Accordion - Button accordions, Accordion - Stradella bass system, Accordion - Free bass systems, Accordion - Audio samples, Accordion - Related instruments, Accordion - Squeezeboxes, Accordion - Other free-reeds

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In the arts of painting, web design, and photography, color theory is a set of basic rules for mixing color to achieve a desired result. As pigment and light are different in terms of how they combine to create colors, so too are the rules for dealing with each. White light is composed of the mixture of the three primary hues red, green and blue. Black is approximated in pigment by mixing the primaries cyan, magenta and yellow (the imperfect primaries blue, red and yellow are the more traditional primaries due their colorfast properti ...

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• Color theory - Color models
• Color theory - The color wheel
• Color theory - Color harmony and color schemes
• Color theory - Cool and warm colors
• Color theory - Neutral colors
• Color theory - Schemes from nature
• Color theory - Color in painting
• Color theory - Shadows
• Color theory - Pigment

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The destroyer originated in Britain and Japan in the last years of the 1880s, and became firmly established after the Chilean Civil War of 1891 and in the Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895). In those conflicts, a new type of ship proved to be devastatingly effective—the swift, small torpedo-boat invented by John Ericsson. These small boats had speed greater than that of the larger ships, and could dash i ...

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Destroyer, Destroyer - Genesis of the destroyer, Destroyer - First designs, Destroyer - World War I, Destroyer - Inter War, Destroyer - World War II, Destroyer - Post War, Destroyer - The Missile Age, Destroyer - Modern destroyers

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Princeton University - Nassau Hall. Nassau Hall is the main administrative building of the University. For more information on this historic building, please see the main article, Nassau Hall. Princeton University - Cannon Green. Cannon Green is located on the south end of the main lawn. Buried in the ground at the center is the "Big Cannon", the top of which protrudes from the earth and is traditionally spray-painted in orange with the current senior class year. A second "Litt ...

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Princeton University, Princeton University - History of the University, Princeton University - About Princeton, Princeton University - Financial Aid, Princeton University - Undergraduate program, Princeton University - Residential Colleges, Princeton University - Athletics, Princeton University - Significant places, Princeton University - Nassau Hall, Princeton University - Cannon Green, Princeton University - McCarter Theatre, Princeton University - Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton University - Notable Princeton alumni, Princeton University - Notable Princeton professors, Princeton University - Traditions, Princeton University - Old Nassau, Princeton University - Princeton Neologisms, Princeton University - In fiction

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Bioinformatics - Sequence analysis. Main articles: Sequence alignment, Sequence database Since the Phage Φ-X174; was sequenced in 1977, the DNA sequences of more and more organisms have been decoded and stored in electronic databases. This data is analyzed to determine genes that code for proteins, as well as regulatory sequences. A comparison of genes within a species or between different species can show similarities between protein functions, or relations between species (the use of molecular sy ...

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Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics - Major research areas, Bioinformatics - Sequence analysis, Bioinformatics - Computational evolutionary biology, Bioinformatics - Measuring biodiversity, Bioinformatics - Gene expression analysis, Bioinformatics - Regulation analysis, Bioinformatics - Protein expression analysis, Bioinformatics - Analysis of mutations in cancer, Bioinformatics - Structure prediction, Bioinformatics - Modeling biological systems, Bioinformatics - High-throughput image analysis, Bioinformatics - Software tools, Bioinformatics - Related fields, Bioinformatics - Notes & references, Bioinformatics - Bibliography

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Ohio State's intercollegiate sports teams are called the "Buckeyes" (after the state tree, the Buckeye), and participate in the NCAA's Division I-A in all sports and the Big Ten Conference in most sports. (The men's hockey program competes in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, and its women's hockey program competes in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association). The school colors are Scarlet and Gray, and the mascot of OSU is Brutus Buckeye. The Buckeye football team, which plays at Ohio Stadium (a.k.a. the Horseshoe or simply ...

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Ohio State University, Ohio State University - Campus, Ohio State University - History, Ohio State University - Organization, Ohio State University - Sports clubs and traditions, Ohio State University - Ohio State-affiliated media, Ohio State University - Notable alumni, Ohio State University - Notes

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A vasodilator is a substance that causes blood vessels in the body to become wider by relaxing the smooth muscle in the vessel wall, or vasodilation. This will reduce blood pressure (since there is more room for the blood) and might allow blood to flow around a clot. Several vasodilators are used as drugs. Vasomotor refers to the muscles and nerves controlling the process of vasodilation. Natural vasodilators and drugs that exploit them: Adenosine Adenocard - this is primarily used as ...

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Type IV hypersensitivity is often called delayed type as the reaction takes two to three days to develop. Unlike the other types, it is not antibody mediated but rather is a type of cell-mediated response. CD8 cytotoxic T cells and CD4 helper T cells recognise antigen in a complex with either type I or II major histocompatibility complex. The antigen-presenting cells in this case are macrophages and they release interleukin 1, which stimulates the proliferation of further CD4 cells. These cells release interleukin 2 and gamma interfer ...

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Hypersensitivity, Hypersensitivity - Type I - immediate hypersensitivity, Hypersensitivity - Type II - antibody-dependent hypersensitivity, Hypersensitivity - Type III - immune complex hypersensitivity, Hypersensitivity - Type IV - cell-mediated hypersensitivity, Hypersensitivity - Type V - stimulatory hypersensitivity

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Nature vs. society. Rousseau saw a fundamental divide between society and human nature. Rousseau contended that man was good by nature, a "noble savage" when in the state of nature (the state of all the "other animals", and the condition humankind was in before the creation of civilization and society), but is corrupted by society. He viewed society as artificial and held that the development of society, especially the growth of social inter ...

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Biography of Rousseau, Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Philosophy of Rousseau, Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Nature vs. society, Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Political theory, Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Education, Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Religion, Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Legacy, Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Notes, Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Major works, Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Online texts

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Grammar is the study of rules governing the use of language. The set of rules governing a particular language is also called the grammar of the language; thus, each language can be said to have its own distinct grammar. Grammar is part of the general study of language called linguistics. The subfields of modern grammar are phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. Traditional grammars include only morphology and syntax. Grammar - Types of grammar. A prescript ...

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• Grammar - Types of grammar
• Grammar - Development of grammars
• Grammar - Grammatical devices
• Grammar - Grammatical terms
• Grammar - Related topics

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It is sometimes the case that the supply curve is vertical: that is the quantity supplied is fixed, no matter what the market price. For example, the amount of land in the world can be considered fixed. In this case, no matter how much someone would be willing to pay for a piece of land, the extra cannot be created. Also, even if no one wanted all the land, it still would exist. These conditions create a vertical supply curve, giving it zero elasticity (i.e., no matter how large t ...

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Supply and demand, Supply and demand - Demand, Supply and demand - Supply, Supply and demand - Simple supply and demand curves, Supply and demand - Effects of being away from the equilibrium point, Supply and demand - Demand curve shifts, Supply and demand - Supply curve shifts, Supply and demand - Market clearance, Supply and demand - Elasticity, Supply and demand - Vertical supply curve, Supply and demand - Other market forms, Supply and demand - An example: Supply and demand in a 6-person economy, Supply and demand - Decision making, Supply and demand - History of supply and demand, Supply and demand - Criticism of Marshall's theory of supply and demand, Supply and demand - Special cases of a supply curve, Supply and demand - External link and references

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The term C-value refers to the amount of DNA contained within a haploid nucleus (e.g., in a gamete or one half the amount in a diploid somatic cell) of a eukaryotic organism. In some cases (notably among diploid organisms), the terms C-value and genome size are used interchangeably, however in polyploids the C-value may represent two genomes contained within the same nucleus. Greilhuber et al. (2005) have suggested some new layers of terminology and associated abbreviations to clari ...

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• C-value - Definition
• C-value - Origin of the term
• C-value - Variation among species

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Origins beliefs commonly refer to creation beliefs — mytho-religious stories which explain the beginnings of the universe as a deliberate act of "creation" by a supreme being. "Origin belief" may be generalized to include non-religious claims and theories based in contemporary science or philosophy—the Big Bang, origin of life, panspermia and theory of evolution fall into this category. As with any set of beliefs, opinions regarding the validity of particular origins beliefs diffe ...

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Origin belief, Origin belief - Creation beliefs, Origin belief - Science-based beliefs, Origin belief - Creation ex nihilo, Origin belief - Religious creation beliefs, Origin belief - Limits to the ontology of creation, Origin belief - Creation within various belief systems

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Mast cells were first described by Paul Ehrlich in 1878 on the basis of their unique staining characteristics and large granules. These granules also led him to the mistaken belief that they existed to nourish the surrounding tissue, and he named them "mastzellen," meaning "feeding-cells." Nowadays, they are considered part of the immune system. Mast cells are very similar to basophil granulocytes (a class of white blood cells) in blood; the similarities between mast cells and basophils has led many to speculate that mast cells are basophils ...

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Mast cell, Mast cell - Origin and classification, Mast cell - Physiology, Mast cell - Role in disease, Mast cell - Allergic disease, Mast cell - Anaphylaxis, Mast cell - Mast cell disorders, Mast cell - Sources

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The supernatural (Latin: super- "exceeding" + nature) refers to forces and phenomena which are beyond the current scientific understanding and concept of nature, and which may actually directly contradict conventional scientific understandings. Concepts in the supernatural domain are closely related to concepts in religious spirituality and metaphysics. Those asserting the occurrence of supernatural events and entities usually describe them as having been observed or experienced firsthand, but as being so unique that they canno ...

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• Supernatural - Views on the supernatural
• Supernatural - The supernatural as distinct from nature
• Supernatural - The supernatural as sovereign over nature
• Supernatural - The supernatural as manifested through nature
• Supernatural - The supernatural as a higher nature
• Supernatural - The supernatural as a human coping mechanism
• Supernatural - The supernatural as magic
• Supernatural - Arguments in favor of a supernatural reality
• Supernatural - Arguments against a supernatural reality
• Supernatural - Naturalization vs. supernaturalization
• Supernatural - Naturalization
• Supernatural - Supernaturalization
• Supernatural - The subjective nature of the issue
• Supernatural - Alleged instances of supernaturalization
• Supernatural - The supernatural in monotheistic religions
• Supernatural - Compare with

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