A duration is an amount of time or a particular time interval. For example, an event in the common sense has a duration greater than zero (but not very long), but in certain specialised senses, a duration of zero. It is often cited as one of the fundamental aspects of music, see also rhythm. Durations, and their beginnings and endings, may be described as long, short, or taking a specific amount of time. Often duration is described according to terms borrowed from descriptions of pitch. As such, the duration complement i ...

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Bond duration, Bond duration - Price, Bond duration - Cash Flow, Bond duration - Macaulay duration, Bond duration - Modified duration, Bond duration - Embedded options and effective duration, Bond duration - Convexity, Bond duration - Average duration, Bond duration - PVO1, Bond duration - Lists

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Modified duration is calculated as follows: where r is the yield to maturity of the bond, and n is the number of cashflows per year. ...

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Bond duration, Bond duration - Price, Bond duration - Cash Flow, Bond duration - Macaulay duration, Bond duration - Modified duration, Bond duration - Embedded options and effective duration, Bond duration - Convexity, Bond duration - Average duration, Bond duration - PVO1, Bond duration - Lists

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A BA program generally lasts three years in the United Kingdom (except Scotland), New Zealand and Australia or four years in the United States. BA programs are increasingly taking about five (rather than four) years to complete in the USA because a student must take more than 12 credit hours a semester (12 hours is considered full-time) in order to complete it in 4 years; college students are increasingly choosing to work either full or part-time and st ...

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Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Arts - Duration, Bachelor of Arts - Coursework, Bachelor of Arts - Difference between the BA and BS, Bachelor of Arts - EU harmonisation

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A BA program generally lasts three years in the United Kingdom (except Scotland), New Zealand and Australia or four years in the United States and Canada. BA programs are increasingly taking about five (rather than four) years to complete in the USA because a student must enroll for more than 12 credit hours a semester (minimum full-time enrollment) in order to complete it in 4 years without summer classes; college students are increasingly choosing to work either full or part-time and st ...

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Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Arts - Duration, Bachelor of Arts - Coursework, Bachelor of Arts - Difference between the BA and BSc/BS, Bachelor of Arts - EU harmonisation

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Durations are represented by the format PnYnMnDTnHnMnS (nM may be replaced with nW to use the week format.) In this representation replace n with the appropriate number for the element that follows it (leading zeros are optional but may clarify ambiguous durations) The capital letters (P, Y, M, W, D, T, H, M, and S) are used as they are and not replaced. Thus P3Y6M4DT12H30M0S defines "a period of three years, six months, four days, twelve hours, thirty minutes, and zero seconds". Elements m ...

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ISO 8601, ISO 8601 - History of the standard, ISO 8601 - General principles, ISO 8601 - Dates, ISO 8601 - Calendar date, ISO 8601 - Week dates, ISO 8601 - Ordinal dates, ISO 8601 - Further details about dates, ISO 8601 - Times, ISO 8601 - Time zones, ISO 8601 - Combined representations, ISO 8601 - Duration, ISO 8601 - Time interval, ISO 8601 - Repeating intervals, ISO 8601 - Usage

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Most modern games take from one to three years to complete. The length of development depends on a number of factors, such as genre, scale, development platform and amount of assets. For example, a simple puzzle game using 2D graphics will take far less time to develop than a computer role-playing game with a full-blown 3D engine. Another consideration is the use of middleware game engines. Developing a 3D engine from the ground up takes far more time than using a COTS (commercial, off-the-shelf) an existing middleware package ...

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Game development, Game development - Overview, Game development - Roles, Game development - The development process, Game development - Pre-production, Game development - Production, Game development - Milestones, Game development - Nearing completion, Game development - Maintenance, Game development - Culture, Game development - Duration, Game development - Locales, Game development - Stability, Game development - Indie game development, Game development - Making your own games, Game development - 3D games

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The fair traditionally starts on the last Wednesday of January, and ends on the first Sunday of February. It was initially a week-long event but popular demand forced authorities to extend the duration to 12 days in 2005. Even though there is usually an extended holiday in Calcutta during the period of January 23 (Netaji's birthday) to January 26 ( Republic Day of India) the fair is held at the beginning of February ...

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Calcutta Book Fair, Calcutta Book Fair - Inception, Calcutta Book Fair - Duration, Calcutta Book Fair - Venue, Calcutta Book Fair - Participants, Calcutta Book Fair - Themes, Calcutta Book Fair - Dedicated enclaves, Calcutta Book Fair - Events, Calcutta Book Fair - Propaganda, Calcutta Book Fair - Problems and Solutions, Calcutta Book Fair - Recent Statistics, Calcutta Book Fair - Trivia

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A Schedule duration crash is the effort to reduce the overall duration of a schedule. Usually the following techniques are employed: Adding resources (human or otherwise) Increasing work hours (overtime, weekends) Crashing is done as a trade-off between shorter task duration and higher task costs. It must be determined whether the total cost savings realized from reducing the project duration is enough to justify the higher costs associated with reducing the individual tasks. If the cost savings on a delay penalty are higher than the incremental cost o ...

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A chilblain or pernio is an itchy purple red inflammation, that occurs when the small blood vessels below the skin are damaged usually due to exposure to cold weather. They are most common in the young and the elderly, and are more likely to occur in women. Nearly all chilblains heal without the need for treatment. They can be prevented by keeping the feet and hands warm in cold weather. A chilblain can chap, crack or ulcerate and then is known as a kibe. Brief description of Chilblain: Skin inflammation usually in cold weather in damp climates. Or if feet and hands get too warm. Parent types ...

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• Chilblain - What are the symptoms of Chilblain?
• Chilblain - Duration of Chilblain
• Chilblain - Treatments for Chilblain
• Chilblain - Prevention of Chilblain

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A visa (short for the Latin carta visa, lit. "the document has been seen") is a document issued by a country giving a certain individual permission to formally request entrance to the country during a given period of time and for certain purposes (but see below for caveats and exceptions). Most countries require possession of a valid visa as a condition of entry for foreigners, though there exist exemption schemes (see passport for examples of such schemes). Visas are typi ...

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• Visa document - Types of visa
• Visa document - Entry and duration period
• Visa document - Visa refusal

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A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B., from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. Bachelor of Arts - Duration. A BA program generally lasts three years in the United Kingdom (except Scotland), New Zealand and Australia or four years in the United States. BA programs are increasingly taking about five (rather than four) years to complete in the USA because a student must take more than 12 credit h ...

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• Bachelor of Arts - Duration
• Bachelor of Arts - Coursework
• Bachelor of Arts - Difference between the BA and BS
• Bachelor of Arts - EU harmonisation

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Buspirone Buspirone (Ansial®; Ansiced®; Anxiron®; Axoren®; Bespar®; Buspar®; Buspimen®; Buspinol®; Buspisal®; Narol®) is an anxiolytic drug. It shows no potential for addiction compared to other drugs commonly prescribed for anxiety, especially benzodiazepine medications. The development of tolerance ...

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• Buspirone - Contraindications
• Buspirone - Side-effects
• Buspirone - Drug Abuse and Dependence
• Buspirone - Interactions
• Buspirone - Dosage
• Buspirone - Duration of Treatment
• Buspirone - Other Remarks
• Buspirone - General Remarks and Pharmacology
• Buspirone - Indications
• Buspirone - Contraindications
• Buspirone - Side-effects
• Buspirone - Drug Abuse and Dependence
• Buspirone - Interactions
• Buspirone - Dosage
• Buspirone - Duration of Treatment
• Buspirone - Other Remarks

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Cellulitis is an inflammation of the connective tissue underlying the skin, that can be caused by a bacterial infection. Cellulitis can be caused by normal skin flora or by exogenous bacteria, and often occurs where the skin has previously been broken: cracks in the skin, cuts, burns, insect bites, surgical wounds, or sites of intravenous catheter insertion. The mainstay of therapy remains treatment with appropriate antibiotics. It is unrelated to "cellulite," a cosmetic condition featuring dimpling of the skin. Cellulit ...

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• Cellulitis - Symptoms
• Cellulitis - Causes
• Cellulitis - Risk factors
• Cellulitis - Diagnosis
• Cellulitis - Incubation
• Cellulitis - Duration
• Cellulitis - Treatment
• Cellulitis - Prevention
• Cellulitis - Forms of cellulitis

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A xenon flash lamp is a electric glow discharge lamp designed to produce extremely intense, incoherent, full-spectrum white light for very short durations. Xenon flash lamp - Construction. The lamp is comprised of a sealed tube, often made of fused quartz, which is filled with a mixture of gases, primarily xenon, and electrodes to carry electrical current to the gas mixture. Additionally, a high voltage power source is necessary to energize the gas mixture; this high voltage is usually stored on a capacitor ...

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• Xenon flash lamp - Operation
• Xenon flash lamp - Output spectrum
• Xenon flash lamp - Intensity and duration of flash
• Xenon flash lamp - Applications
• Xenon flash lamp - Animation

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Caspofungin is an antifungal drug, the first of a new class termed the echinocandins. It shows activity against infections with Aspergillus and Candida, and works by inhibiting cell wall synthesis. It is administered intravenously. Caspofungin - Indications. Currently caspofungin acetate has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of invasive aspergillosis in patients whose disease is refractory to, or who are intolerant of, other first-line antifungal agents (i.e. conventional or liposomal ...

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• Caspofungin - Warnings
• Caspofungin - Pregnancy and Lactation
• Caspofungin - Geriatric Patients
• Caspofungin - Pediatric Patients
• Caspofungin - Side-Effects
• Caspofungin - Drug interactions
• Caspofungin - Duration of Treatment
• Caspofungin - Dosage
• Caspofungin - Dosage Forms
• Caspofungin - External References

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Memory is the ability of the brain to store, retain, and subsequently recall information. Although traditional studies of memory began in the realms of philosophy, the late nineteenth and early twentieth century put memory within the paradigms of cognitive psychology. In the recent decades, it has become one of the principal pillars of a new branch of science that represents a marriage between cognitive psychology and ...

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• Memory - Classification by duration
• Memory - Classification by information type
• Memory - Classification by temporal direction
• Memory - Physiology
• Memory - Disorders
• Memory - Memorization
• Memory - Artistic connections
• Memory - Relevant quotes

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For bonds that have embedded options, Macauley duration and modified duration will not correctly approximate the price move for a change in yield. Consider a bond with an embedded put option. As an example, a $1,000 bond that can be redeemed by the holder at par at points before the bond's maturity. No matter how high interest rates become, the price of the bond will never go below $1,000. This bond's price sensitivity to interest rate changes is different than a non-puttable bond with identical cashflows. Bonds that have embedded options sh ...

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Bond duration, Bond duration - Price, Bond duration - Cash Flow, Bond duration - Macaulay duration, Bond duration - Modified duration, Bond duration - Embedded options and effective duration, Bond duration - Convexity, Bond duration - Average duration, Bond duration - PVO1, Bond duration - Lists

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Duration As used in theosophy, clearly distinguished from time. Duration is; it has neither beginning nor end, nor is it broken up into cyclic periods as time is. Time may be called its representation in the manifested universe, and therefore time is finite. Duration is outside of both manifested time and space; it is here that the distinction between time and space, both being manifestations, may be said to disappear, and we may say that abstract space and duration are one. Thus boundless duration divides into what may be called eternal, universal, unconditioned time and a conditioned time -- the former the noumenon and the latter phenomenon.

(See also: Duration, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)

Researchers recognized the potential of the planned Space Shuttle to deliver a payload to space, leave it there, and on a separate mission, retrieve the payload and return it to earth for measurements. The project was approved in 1974. Engineers imagined that the first mission would last most of a year, and that several long-duration exposure missions would use the same frame. The frame was actually used for only one 5.7-year mission. Fifty-seven science and technology experiments involving government and university investigato ...

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Long Duration Exposure Facility, Long Duration Exposure Facility - Inception, Long Duration Exposure Facility - Retrieval

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