The first Valor devices were authorized in 1944 as an attachment to the Bronze Star Medal. Since then, the Valor device is authorized to medals which are awarded both for combat and non-combat actions. This is to distinguish those who were awarded a decoration through combat, compared to those who were awarded a medal for support roles or meritorious service. In 1994, the valor device gained public attention after Admiral Jeremy Boorda committed suicide, apparently from media reports that he had worn the Valor device without authority ...

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Escafil device - Pros and Cons. An individual can gain a limitless numbers of samples of DNA. There is a 2-hour time-limit for staying in morphed form, and if a person stays morphed longer than that, they are forever trapped in that form. The Andalite term for one trapped in morph is a nothlit. The escafil device can only be used once by each being. Once a being becomes a nothlit, they cannot regain the ability to morph. (In the book series, the only "documented" cases of morphing ability being returned to a nothlit involved assistance from a god-like bei ...

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Escafil device, Escafil device - Morphing, Escafil device - Pros and Cons, Escafil device - The Process, Escafil device - While In Morph, Escafil device - Loopholes, Escafil device - Origin of Name

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Two-terminal devices: Avalanche diode (avalanche breakdown diode) DIAC Diode (rectifier diode) Gunn diode IMPATT diode Laser diode Light-emitting diode (LED) Photocell PIN diode Schottky diode Solar cell Tunnel diode VCSEL VECSEL Zener diode Three-terminal devices: Bipolar transistor Darlington transistor Field effect transistor IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor) SCR (Silicon Controlled Rectif ...

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In classical physics, a spring can be seen as a device that stores potential energy by straining the bonds between the atoms of an elastic material. Hooke's law of elasticity states that the extension of an elastic rod (its distended length minus its relaxed length) is linearly proportional to its tension, the force used to stretch it. Similarly, the contraction (negative extension) is proportiona ...

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Spring device, Spring device - Types of spring, Spring device - Theory, Spring device - Toys, Spring device - Wikibooks modules

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Infernal Devices - Anchorage. The story continues sixteen years after the events of Predator's Gold. The peaceful city of Anchorage is now a static settlement called "Anchorage in Vineland" on an island in the Dead Continent. During those peaceful years, Tom and Hester have raised a teenage daughter named Wren Natsworthy. Infernal Devices - Green Storm. Under the Stalker Fang, the Green Storm has been waging war against the Traction Cities for fourteen years. At first, the Stor ...

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Semiconductor device - 1900s. Semiconductors had been used in the electronics field for some time before the invention of the transistor. Around the turn of the 20th century they were quite common as detectors in radios, used in a device called a "cat's whisker". These detectors were somewhat troublesome, however, requiring the operator to move a small tungsten filament (the whisker) around the surface of a carborundum (silicon carbide) crystal until it suddenly started working. Then, over a period of a few hours ...

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Semiconductor device, Semiconductor device - Semiconductor device fundamentals, Semiconductor device - Diode, Semiconductor device - Transistor, Semiconductor device - Semiconductor device materials, Semiconductor device - List of common semiconductor devices, Semiconductor device - Semiconductor device applications, Semiconductor device - Component identifiers, Semiconductor device - History of semiconductor device development, Semiconductor device - 1900s, Semiconductor device - World War II, Semiconductor device - Development of the diode, Semiconductor device - Development of the transistor, Semiconductor device - The first transistor, Semiconductor device - Origin of the term transistor, Semiconductor device - Improvements in transistor design

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The Goa'uld Telchak based the Sarcophagus technology on the Ancient's Healing Device. Originally, the device was so powerful that it was destructive. Telchak modified it (by turning down the power) until he developed the Sarcophagus. Anubis went to war with Telchak over the device. Although he won, the device was never found Once Anubis ascended, thereby gaining access to all the knowledge of the Ancients, he used the Ancient's Healing Device to bring life to his Kull Warriors. Later on, Samantha Carter and Jacob Carter ...

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Ancient Healing Device, Ancient Healing Device - Goa'uld interaction with the device, Ancient Healing Device - The Tau'ri's first encounter with the device, Ancient Healing Device - Orgin of the fountain of youth

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According to the FDA, there are three classes of medical devices. The classification of a medical device depends upon intended use and indications for use. The classification procedures can be found in 21 CFR 860 document. Medical devices - Class I: General Controls. These devices are subject to general controls which are those controls that are sufficient to provide reasonable assurance of the safety and effectiveness of the device, or the device is not life-supporting or life-sustaining and does n ...

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Medical devices, Medical devices - Classifications, Medical devices - Class I: General Controls, Medical devices - Class II: General Controls with Special Controls, Medical devices - Class III: General Controls and Premarket Approval, Medical devices - Medical device companies

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In Star Trek, cloaking devices were first introduced and used by the Romulans in the original series episode "Balance of Terror". The invisibility came as a surprise to the crew of the USS Enterprise, who considered it only a theoretical possibility. In a later episode, "The Enterprise Incident", the Enterprise is sent on a mission to capture one of the devices. Decades later, an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise somewhat contradicted this by revealing in the episode "Minefield" that Romulans possessed some form of ...

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Cloaking device, Cloaking device - Star Trek cloaking device, Cloaking device - Star Wars cloaking device, Cloaking device - Other references, Cloaking device - Real World Experimentation, Cloaking device - Philadelphia Experiment, Cloaking device - Active Camouflage, Cloaking device - Optical camouflage, Cloaking device - Russian Inventor Patents Invisibility Cloak

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Cloaking devices play a much less significant role in the Star Wars universe. None of the movies show a ship cloaking, although it is mentioned. The first Star Wars reference to cloaking devices is heard in The Empire Strikes Back when Captain Needa states that no ship as small as the Millennium Falcon can be equipped with a cloaking device—however, the Expanded Universe has appeared to contradict this in places, mentioning that Emperor Palpatine's shuttle had a cloaking device, as di ...

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Cloaking devices play a much less significant role in the Star Wars universe. None of the movies show a ship cloaking, although it is mentioned. The first Star Wars reference to cloaking devices is heard in The Empire Strikes Back when Captain Needa states that no ship as small as the Millennium Falcon can be equipped with a cloaking device—however, the Expanded Universe has appeared to contradict this in places, mentioning that Emperor Palpatine's shuttle had a cloaking device, as di ...

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Historically, in 1698 the first engine was built by the English engineer Thomas Savery. In 1769 the French engineer Nicolas Cugnot built the first pseudo-automobile, a steam-powered tricycle. Between the years 1775 and 1800 Scottish engineer James Watt in partnership with industrialist Matthew Boulton produced some 500 engines. At the heart of these engines was Watt’s self-designed “conical pendulum” governor, being a set of revolving steel balls attached to a vertical spindle by link arms, and where the controlling ...

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Governor device, Governor device - History, Governor device - Sources

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In Star Trek, cloaking devices were first introduced and used by the Romulans in the original series episode "Balance of Terror". The invisibility came as a surprise to the crew of the USS Enterprise, who considered it only a theoretical possibility. In a later episode, "The Enterprise Incident", the Enterprise is sent on a mission to capture one of the devices. Decades later, an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise somewhat contradicted this by revealing in the episode "Minefield" that Romulans possessed some form of ...

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Cloaking device, Cloaking device - Star Trek cloaking device, Cloaking device - Star Wars cloaking device, Cloaking device - Other references, Cloaking device - Real World Experimentation, Cloaking device - Philadelphia Experiment, Cloaking device - Active Camouflage, Cloaking device - Optical camouflage

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Definition and meaning of traumagenic device:

traumagenic device - any part of an organism which is concerned with the causation of physical injury to another, such as teeth, spines, darts, rasping organs, beak bites, etc

(Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) )

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There are some etiquette rules that users of TDDs must be aware of. Because of the inability to detect when a person has finished speaking, the term "Go Ahead" (GA) is used. Commonly used abbreviations: Telecommunications devices for the deaf - Sample Conversation. Caller A: HELLO JOHN, WHAT TIME WILL YOU BE COMING AROUND TODAY Q GA Caller B: HI FRED, I WILL BE AROUND CLOSE TO NOON GA Caller A: OK, NO PROBLEM, DON'T FORGET TO BRING THE BOOKS AND THE WORK SO FAR GA ...

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APCOM (Applied Communications)located in the San Francisco Bay area developed the acoustic coupler, or modem. Couplers were cabled to the TTYs enabling the Bell Telephone company standard "500 handset" to couple, or fit, into the rubber cups on the coupler, thus transmitting and receiving a unique set of tones generated by the different corresponding TTY keys. The entire configuration of teletype machine, acoustic coupler and telephone set became known as the TTY. The acoustic coupler modem was the invention of deaf-physicist Robert Weitbrec ...

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Telecommunications devices for the deaf, Telecommunications devices for the deaf - About, Telecommunications devices for the deaf - History, Telecommunications devices for the deaf - Protocols, Telecommunications devices for the deaf - Devices, Telecommunications devices for the deaf - Etiquette, Telecommunications devices for the deaf - Sample Conversation, Telecommunications devices for the deaf - Relay

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The Tau'ri's first encounter with the device was when Dr. Daniel Jackson and Dr. Lee went on a mission to find a the device in South America. They found it after following information which Daniel's grandfather Nicholas Ballard left (during his Archeological career). This information said, "All water flows towards it." After walking down a stream and past a waterfall, they entered a chamber. They were able to locate the device in the chamber after pouring water about. The chamber was also booby ...

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Ancient Healing Device, Ancient Healing Device - Goa'uld interaction with the device, Ancient Healing Device - The Tau'ri's first encounter with the device, Ancient Healing Device - Orgin of the fountain of youth

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The title character of the Predator films uses an imperfect cloaking device; although the Predator is virtually invisible while stationary, movement causes a characterisic "shimmer" effect, and its wrist blades extend outside the field. In the 1996 Doctor Who television movie based upon the long-running British series, Doctor Who, the Doctor's TARDIS, was said to possess a "cloaking device" that got stuck, leaving it in the form of a British police box. This was a continuity break with the series, which always ref ...

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Cloaking device, Cloaking device - Star Trek cloaking device, Cloaking device - Star Wars cloaking device, Cloaking device - Other references, Cloaking device - Real World Experimentation, Cloaking device - Philadelphia Experiment, Cloaking device - Active Camouflage, Cloaking device - Optical camouflage

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The title character of the Predator films uses an imperfect cloaking device; although the Predator is virtually invisible while stationary, movement causes a characterisic "shimmer" effect, and its wrist blades extend outside the field. In the 1996 Doctor Who television movie based upon the long-running British series, Doctor Who, the Doctor's TARDIS, was said to possess a "cloaking device" that got stuck, leaving it in the form of a British police box. This was a continuity break with the series, which always ref ...

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Cloaking device, Cloaking device - Star Trek cloaking device, Cloaking device - Star Wars cloaking device, Cloaking device - Other references, Cloaking device - Real World Experimentation, Cloaking device - Philadelphia Experiment, Cloaking device - Active Camouflage, Cloaking device - Optical camouflage, Cloaking device - Russian Inventor Patents Invisibility Cloak

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There are many different textphone standards. The original standard used by TDDs is the Baudot code implemented asynchronously at either 45.5 or 50 baud, 1 start bit, 5 data bits, and 1.5 stop bits. Baudot is a common protocol in the US. In Europe, different states use different protocols. For example, V.21 is found in the UK and several Scandinavian countries. Other protocols used for text telephony are EDT, DTMF, V.23, etc. The TDD/TTY protocols are generally incompatible with standard Hayes-compatible modems. In 1994 the ITU approv ...

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Telecommunications devices for the deaf, Telecommunications devices for the deaf - About, Telecommunications devices for the deaf - History, Telecommunications devices for the deaf - Protocols, Telecommunications devices for the deaf - Devices, Telecommunications devices for the deaf - Etiquette, Telecommunications devices for the deaf - Sample Conversation, Telecommunications devices for the deaf - Relay

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The most common types of spring are: the helical or coil spring (made by winding a wire around a cylinder) and the conical spring - these are types of torsion spring, because the wire itself is twisted when the spring is compressed or stretched the leaf spring (flat springy sheet, used in vehicle suspensions, electrical switches, bows) the spiral spring (used in clocks and galvanometers) the cantile ...

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