Encyclopedia - Economic Inequality: Encyclopedia Ii - Economic Inequality - Causes Of Inequality
There are many reasons for economic inequality within societies. These causes are often inter-related and complex. For example, race diff...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Efficient Cause: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Efficient Cause
efficient cause: Nimitta karana. That which directly produces the effect; that which conceives, makes, shapes, etc. See: cause. (Se...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cause: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Cause
cause: Karana. Anything which produces an effect, a result.  -  -       efficient cause: (nim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Automobile Emissions Control: Encyclopedia - Automobile Emissions Control
Automobile emissions control covers all the technologies that are employed to reduce the air pollution-causing emissions produced by auto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fatigue Physical: Encyclopedia - Fatigue Physical
Fatigue is a state, following a period of mental or physical activity, characterized by a lessened capacity for work and reduced efficien...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Winglet: Encyclopedia - Winglet
A winglet is a device used to improve the efficiency of aircraft by lowering the lift-induced drag caused by wingtip vortices. The wingle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pangenesis: Encyclopedia - Pangenesis
Pangenesis was Charles Darwin's hypothetical mechanism for heredity. He presented this 'provisional hypothesis' in his 1868 work The Vari...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Varicocele: Encyclopedia - Varicocele
Varicocele is a mass of enlarged veins in the scrotum that develops in the spermatic cord, which leads from the testicles (testes) up thr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coercive Monopoly: Encyclopedia - Coercive Monopoly
In economics and business ethics, a coercive monopoly is a form of monopoly where a firm is able to make pricing and production decisions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wankel Engine: Encyclopedia - Wankel Engine
The Wankel rotary engine is a type of internal combustion engine, invented by German engineer Felix Wankel, which uses a rotor instead of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economic Inequality: Encyclopedia Ii - Economic Inequality - Causes Of Inequality
There are many reasons for economic inequality within societies. These causes are often inter-related and complex. For example, race diff...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economic Inequality: Encyclopedia Ii - Economic Inequality - Effects Of Inequality
Economic inequality - Social Cohesion. Research has shown a clear link between income inequality and social cohesion. In more equal soc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economic Inequality: Encyclopedia Ii - Economic Inequality - Effects Of Inequality
Economic inequality - Social Cohesion. Research has shown a clear link between income inequality and social cohesion. In more equal soc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Competition: Encyclopedia Ii - Competition - Competition In Different Fields
Competition - Economics and business competition. Seen as the pillar of capitalism in that it may stimulate innovation, encourage effic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leveraged Buyout: Encyclopedia Ii - Leveraged Buyout - Controversy
Proponents of LBOs claimed that they caused companies to make more efficient use of their resources. Opponents claimed that they tended t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Causality: Encyclopedia Ii - Causality - Causation In The History Of Philosophy
Causality - Aristotle. Aristotle suggested four types of cause for a thing that exists: Material, Efficient, Final and Formal. Take for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charge-coupled Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Charge-coupled Device - Applications
CCDs containing grids of pixels are used in digital cameras, optical scanners and video cameras as light-sensing devices. They commonly r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Competition: Encyclopedia Ii - Competition - Competition In Different Fields
Competition - Economics and business competition. Seen as the pillar of capitalism in that it may stimulate innovation, encourage effic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vampire Squid: Encyclopedia Ii - Vampire Squid - Development
Few specifics are known regarding the ontogeny of the Vampire Squid. Their development progresses through three morphologic forms: the ve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Francis Turbine: Encyclopedia Ii - Francis Turbine - Development
Water wheels have been used historically to power mills of all types, but they are inefficient. 19th century efficiency improvements of w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charge-coupled Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Charge-coupled Device - Applications
CCDs containing grids of pixels are used in digital cameras, optical scanners and video cameras as light-sensing devices. They commonly r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Supply-side Economics: Encyclopedia Ii - Supply-side Economics - Fiscal Policy Theory
Supply-side economics holds that increased taxation steadily reduces economic trade between economic participants within a nation and tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Afterburner Engine: Encyclopedia Ii - Afterburner Engine - Efficiency
One should note that since the exhaust gas already has reduced oxygen due to previous combustion, and since the fuel is not burning in a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monopoly: Encyclopedia Ii - Monopoly - Economic Analysis
Monopoly - Primary characteristics of a monopoly. Single Seller A pure monopoly is an industry in which a single firm is the sole pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Glucokinase: Encyclopedia Ii - Glucokinase - Diseases Caused By Glucokinase Mutations
Around 200 mutations of the human glucokinase gene GCK have been discovered that can change the efficiency of glucose binding and phospho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mushroom: Encyclopedia Ii - Mushroom - Chemical Properties
Of central interest with respect to chemical properties of mushrooms is the fact that many species produce secondary metabolites that ren...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chokehold: Encyclopedia Ii - Chokehold - Anatomy Of A Chokehold
A few chokeholds (such as one version of Judo's hadaka jime) work by constricting the opponent's trachea, which restricts the air supply ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Daifang Commandery: Encyclopedia Ii - Daifang Commandery - History
Gongsun Kang, a warlord in Liaodong, separated the southern half from the Lelang commandery and established the Daifang commandery in 204...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philo: Encyclopedia Ii - Philo - Cosmology
Philo's conception of the matter out of which the world was created is similar to that of Plato and the Stoics. According to him, God doe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Supply-side Economics: Encyclopedia Ii - Supply-side Economics - Fiscal Policy Theory
Supply-side economics holds that increased taxation steadily reduces economic trade between economic participants within a nation and tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coercive Monopoly: Encyclopedia Ii - Coercive Monopoly - Establishing A Coercive Monopoly
A corporation which successfully engages in coercion to the extent that it eliminates the possibility of competition, it operates a coerc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coercive Monopoly: Encyclopedia Ii - Coercive Monopoly - Political Debates
In ordinary language, to call something "coercive" usually implies a condemnation of it. But it should be remembered that "coercive monop...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coercive Monopoly: Encyclopedia Ii - Coercive Monopoly - Footnotes
1. Lysander Spooner started the commercially successful American Letter Mail Company in order to compete with the United States Post Offi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hypoglycemia: Encyclopedia Ii - Hypoglycemia - Hypoglycemia As American Folk Medicine
Hypoglycemia is also a term of contemporary American folk medicine which refers to a recurrent state of symptoms of altered mood and cogn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philo: Encyclopedia Ii - Philo - Influence Of Hellenism
Philo quotes the epic poets with frequency, or alludes to passages in their works. He has a wide acquaintance with the works of the Greek...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cardiac Arrest: Encyclopedia Ii - Cardiac Arrest - Diagnosis
Cardiac Arrest is defined as a heartbeat which does not result in efficient pumping of blood. In many cases, lack of carotid pulse is the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carnot Heat Engine: Encyclopedia Ii - Carnot Heat Engine - The Carnot Cycle
The Carnot cycle when acting as a heat engine consists of the following steps: Reversible isothermal expansion of the gas at the "hot" t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nimitta: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Nimitta
Nimitta (Sanskrit) In Vedanta philosophy, the spiritual or efficient cause as contrasted with upadana, the physical, material, or inst...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Tsushima: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Tsushima - Overview
The Japanese combined fleet and the Russian Baltic Fleet, sent over from Europe, fought in the straits between Korea and Japan near the T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biofuel: Encyclopedia Ii - Biofuel - Energy Content Of Biofuel
Examples. One widespread use of biofuels is in home cooking and heating. Typical fuels for this are wood, charcoal or dried dung. The b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arbitrage: Encyclopedia Ii - Arbitrage - Price Convergence
Arbitrage has the effect of causing prices in different markets to converge. As a result of arbitrage, the currency exchange rates, the p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wire: Encyclopedia Ii - Wire - History Of Wire Production
In antiquity, jewellery often contains, in the form of chains and applied decoration, large amounts of wire that is accurately made and w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Particulate: Encyclopedia Ii - Particulate - Health Effects
The size of the particle also determines where in the body the particle may come to rest if inhaled. Particles deposited in the airways a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Object Lifetime: Encyclopedia Ii - Object Lifetime - Destroying Objects
It is generally the case that after an object is used, it is removed from memory in order for efficiency and for other programs or more o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Incandescent Light Bulb: Encyclopedia Ii - Incandescent Light Bulb - The Halogen Lamp
The problem of short bulb life is addressed in the halogen lamp, also called the tungsten-halogen lamp, which is filled with a halogen ga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ergonomics: Encyclopedia Ii - Ergonomics - Miscellaneous
Quote: Engineers make things that are useful to people. In collaboration with designers, ergonomists make things that are usable by peop...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hormesis: Encyclopedia Ii - Hormesis - Possible Explanation
The reason for the hormesis phenomenon is not completely understood. It is conjectured that a low dose challenge with a toxin may jump st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Icebreaker: Encyclopedia Ii - Icebreaker - Recent Advances
The shape which allows icebreakers to move through ice also makes them uncomfortable in open water and means they have poor fuel efficien...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Insulation: Encyclopedia Ii - Insulation - Commonly-used Insulation Materials
for residential construction include: Fiberglass mats Polystyrene foam, usually as pre-cut boards Polyurethane foam, as boards or foamed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monopoly: Encyclopedia Ii - Monopoly - Economic Analysis
Monopoly - Primary characteristics of a monopoly. Single Seller A pure monopoly is an industry in which a single firm is the sole pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Munich: Encyclopedia Ii - Munich - Lifestyle
Residents of Munich enjoy a high quality of life. Mercer HR Consulting consistently rates the city among the top 10 cities with highest q...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mercantilism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mercantilism - Criticisms
A number of scholars found important flaws with mercantilism long before Adam Smith developed an ideology that could fully replace it. Cr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Defragmentation: Encyclopedia Ii - Defragmentation - Aims Of Defragmentation
Reading and writing data on a heavily fragmented hard drive is slowed down as the time for the heads to move between fragments on the dis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edward Stafford Politician: Encyclopedia Ii - Edward Stafford Politician - Second Term
On 16 October 1865, when Weld retired due to ill health and stress, Stafford took up the premiership once again. As Premier, he continued...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gnu Privacy Guard: Encyclopedia Ii - Gnu Privacy Guard - Problems
The OpenPGP standard specifies several methods of digitally signing messages. Due to an error in a change to GPG intended to make one of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Francis Turbine: Encyclopedia Ii - Francis Turbine - Theory Of Operation
The Francis turbine is a reaction turbine, which means that the working fluid changes pressure as it moves through the turbine, giving up...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chop Shop: Encyclopedia Ii - Chop Shop - Operation
A chop shop must be able to take apart a car without damaging the parts and keep them organized. Time is of the essence: more cars proces...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Software Bloat: Encyclopedia Ii - Software Bloat - Background
Software developers involved in the industry during the 1970s had severe limitations on disk space and memory. Every byte and clock cycle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Skin Effect: Encyclopedia Ii - Skin Effect - Mitigation
A type of cable called litz wire (from the German Litzendraht, woven wire) is used to mitigate the skin effect for frequencies of a few k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rectifier: Encyclopedia Ii - Rectifier - Applications
One of the first applications of rectifiers was detection of amplitude modulated radio signals by a diode. In early Crystal radio receive...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Red Imported Fire Ant: Encyclopedia Ii - Red Imported Fire Ant - Overview
Fire ants are more aggressive than most native ant species and have a painful sting. A person typically encounters fire ants by inadverte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shaka: Encyclopedia Ii - Shaka - Mfecane - The Scattering
The increased military efficiency led to more and more clans being incorporated into Shaka's Zulu empire, while other tribes moved away t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator: Encyclopedia Ii - Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator - Safety
It should be noted that RTGs use a different process of heat generation from that used by nuclear power stations. Nuclear power stations ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act: Encyclopedia Ii - Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act - Background
The federal bureaucracy in the years after the Civil War was generally undistinguished, because the system of selecting officials and sup...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cardiac Arrest: Encyclopedia Ii - Cardiac Arrest - Diagnosis
Cardiac Arrest is defined as a heartbeat which does not result in efficient pumping of blood. In many cases, lack of carotid pulse is the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shaka: Encyclopedia Ii - Shaka - Mfecane - The Scattering
The increased military efficiency led to more and more clans being incorporated into Shaka's Zulu empire, while other tribes moved away t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rectifier: Encyclopedia Ii - Rectifier - Applications
One of the first applications of rectifiers was detection of amplitude modulated radio signals by a diode. In early Crystal radio receive...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator: Encyclopedia Ii - Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator - Safety
It should be noted that RTGs use a different process of heat generation from that used by nuclear power stations. Nuclear power stations ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Struggle For Macedonia: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Struggle For Macedonia - Early Stage
From 1900 onwards, the danger of Bulgarian control had upset the Greeks of Southwest Macedonia. The Bishop of Kastoria, Germanos Karavang...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Icebreaker: Encyclopedia Ii - Icebreaker - Recent Advances
The shape which allows icebreakers to move through ice also makes them uncomfortable in open water and means they have poor fuel efficien...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Munich: Encyclopedia Ii - Munich - Lifestyle
Residents of Munich enjoy a high quality of life. Mercer HR Consulting consistently rates the city among the top 10 cities with highest q...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zone Diet: Encyclopedia Ii - Zone Diet - Hormonal Paradoxes
Sears emphasizes a hormonal paradox which "low-fat" advocates were unaware of, namely that low-fat carbohydrates increase the production ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Science Of Photography: Encyclopedia Ii - Science Of Photography - Contribution To Noise Grain
Science of photography - Quantum efficiency. As is well known to communications engineers, light, like everything else, comes in partic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Loudspeaker: Encyclopedia Ii - Loudspeaker - Enclosures
A loudspeaker is commonly mounted in an enclosure (or cabinet). The major role of the enclosure is to prevent the out-of-phase sound wave...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Loudspeaker: Encyclopedia Ii - Loudspeaker - Enclosures
A loudspeaker is commonly mounted in an enclosure (or cabinet). The major role of the enclosure is to prevent the out-of-phase sound wave...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Industrial Revolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Industrial Revolution - Causes
The causes of the Industrial Revolution were complex and remain a topic for debate, with some historians seeing the Revolution as an outg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Infantile Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Infantile Spinal Muscular Atrophy - Cause
The region of chromosome 5 that contains the SMN gene has a large duplication. A large sequence that contains several genes occurs twice ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Breech Birth: Encyclopedia Ii - Breech Birth - Process Of Breech Birth
As in labour with a baby in a normal head-down position, uterine contractions typically occur at regular intervals and gradually cause th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saiva Siddhanta: Encyclopedia Ii - Saiva Siddhanta - Saiva Siddhanta Teachings
Rishi Tirumular, like his satguru, Maharishi Nandinatha, propounded a monistic theism in which Shiva is both material and efficient cause...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wood Fuel: Encyclopedia Ii - Wood Fuel - Environmental Impact
Depending on topography and climatic conditions, wood heating in certain areas can cause air pollution, particularly particulates. "Slow ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Future Energy Development: Encyclopedia Ii - Future Energy Development - Fossil Fuels
Fossil fuels supply most of the energy consumed today. They are relatively concentrated and pure energy sources and technically easy to e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liberation Tigers Of Tamil Eelam: Encyclopedia Ii - Liberation Tigers Of Tamil Eelam - The Military Ltte
The LTTE as an organisation is very centred around the personality of Prabhakaran, who has dominated it almost continuously since it was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Incandescent Light Bulb: Encyclopedia Ii - Incandescent Light Bulb - The Halogen Lamp
The problem of short lamp life is addressed with the halogen lamp, also called the tungsten-halogen lamp, where a tungsten filament is se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Computer Cooling: Encyclopedia Ii - Computer Cooling - System Cooling
If there is more air being forced into the system than being pumped out (due to an imbalance in the number of fans), this is referred to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clan Snow Raven: Encyclopedia Ii - Clan Snow Raven - The Golden Century
On Lum, the Ravens gained many of the attributed they are renowned for today: superb political manipulators (that the Ravens could get wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transformer: Encyclopedia Ii - Transformer - Construction
A transformer usually has: two or more insulated windings, to carry current a core, in which the mutual magnetic field couples the windi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Solar Panel: Encyclopedia Ii - Solar Panel - Solar Photovoltaics
Solar photovoltaic panels contain arrays of solar cells that convert light into electricity. Solar cells or PV cells rely on the photovol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thing Comics: Encyclopedia Ii - Thing Comics - Powers And Abilities
The Thing possesses vast superhuman strength, endurance, and durability. The cosmic ray bombardment caused his musculature, bone structur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atrial Fibrillation: Encyclopedia Ii - Atrial Fibrillation - Pathophysiology
The normal electrical conduction system of the heart allows the impulse that is generated by the sinoatrial node (SA node) of the heart t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ariane 5: Encyclopedia Ii - Ariane 5 - Launch History
Ariane 5's first test flight (Ariane 5 Flight 501) on 4 June 1996 failed, with the rocket self-destructing 37 seconds after launch becaus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Star Fleet Universe: Encyclopedia Ii - Star Fleet Universe - Omega Octant Factions And Empires
Beyond the Void, an empty region of space beyond the far border of the Interstellar Concordium, lies the Omega octet, home to a number of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Solar Panel: Encyclopedia Ii - Solar Panel - Solar Photovoltaics
Solar photovoltaic panels contain arrays of solar cells that convert light into electricity. Solar cells or PV cells rely on the photovol...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nimitta: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Nimitta
Nimitta (Sanskrit). 1. An interior illumination developed by the practice of meditation. 2. The efficient spiritual cause, as contrast...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Srikumara: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Srikumara
Srikumara: (Sanskrit) Monistic Saiva Siddhanta philosopher (ca 1050) who refuted the Shankaran Vedanta doctrine of maya as illusion an...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Subhava: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Subhava
Subhava (Sanskrit) Being; the self-forming substance, equivalent to svabhava (characteristic individuality). It is the spirit within t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Subhava: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Subhava
Subhava (Sanskrit). Being; the self-forming substance, or that "substance which gives substance to itself ". (See the Ekaslo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Alexander Technique: Natural Health Therapy Dictionary On Alexander Technique
ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE: The Alexander technique is a method used to help people illuminate their unconscious patterns of body tension and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pashupata Saivism: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Pashupata Saivism
Pashupata Saivism: (Sanskrit) Monistic and theistic, this school of Saivism reveres Siva as Supreme Cause and Personal Ruler of soul a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Visceral Manipulation: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Visceral Manipulation
VISCERAL MANIPULATION Visceral manipulation enhances the normal mobility and tissue motion of the organs of the visceral system. Hyper...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Siva Advaita: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Siva Advaita
Siva Advaita: (Sanskrit) Also called Siva Vishishtadvaita, or Saivite "qualified nondualism,"   Siva Advaita is the ph...   » Read the article