Encyclopedia - Burning Man: Encyclopedia - Burning Man
Burning Man is a week-long festival with international draw, held annually on the week prior to and including Labor Day weekend (in early...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burning Man: Encyclopedia Ii - Burning Man - Primary Focus Of The Festival
Participation. Burning Man is held to be a "spectator-free" zone—i.e., only participants are allowed. As such, all attendees are ostens...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burning Man: Encyclopedia Ii - Burning Man - Black Rock City
Black Rock City, often abbreviated to BRC, is the name of the temporary urban phenomenon created by Burning Man. The city is arranged as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient
An intelligence quotient or IQ is a score derived from a set of standardized tests developed to measure a person's cognitive abilities ("...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wireless Lan: Encyclopedia - Wireless Lan
A wireless LAN or WLAN is a wireless local area network that uses radio waves as its carrier: the last link with the users is wireless, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andrology: Encyclopedia - Andrology
Andrology (from the Greek andros, man) is the medical specialty that deals with male health, particularly relating to the problems of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia - Alcoholism
Alcoholism is a dependency on alcoholic beverages characterized by craving (a strong need to drink), loss of control (being unable to sto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burning Man: Encyclopedia Ii - Burning Man - Regional Events
The popularity of Burning Man has encouraged other groups and organizations to hold festivals similar to Burning Man, such as Fuego de lo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burning Man: Encyclopedia Ii - Burning Man - Burners
Burning Man participants often call themselves "burners." Although this usage may vary with region, a burner is an annual denizen of Blac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burning Man: Encyclopedia Ii - Burning Man - History
The annual event now known as Burning Man began on the summer solstice in 1986 when Larry Harvey, Jerry James, and a few friends met on B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burning Man: Encyclopedia Ii - Burning Man - Primary Focus Of The Festival
Participation. Burning Man is held to be a "spectator-free" zone—i.e., only participants are allowed. As such, all attendees are ostens...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burning Man: Encyclopedia Ii - Burning Man - Transport Around Festival
Once participants have arrived in Black Rock City, they are expected to leave their cars or other motor vehicles parked and travel around...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kent: Encyclopedia Ii - Kent - Political Divisions
Kent - Man of Kent or Kentish Man?. Kent is traditionally divided into West Kent and East Kent by the River Medway. This division into ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ionizing Radiation: Encyclopedia Ii - Ionizing Radiation - Minimizing Health Effects Of Ionizing Radiation
Although exposure to ionizing radiation carries a risk, it is impossible to completely avoid exposure. Radiation has always been present ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - Iq Correlations
Intelligence quotient - Race and IQ. Main article: Race and intelligence While the distributions of IQ scores among different racial-et...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mid-levels: Encyclopedia Ii - Mid-levels - Religion
Hong Kong respects religious freedom. Many notable churches are in the area, even though Christians only make up about 10% of the populat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - Iq Correlations
Intelligence quotient - Sex and IQ. Main article: Sex and intelligence Most IQ tests are designed so that the average IQs of males and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kent: Encyclopedia Ii - Kent - Kent And London
When the County of London and London County Council were created in 1888, the new county incorporated a considerable part of north west K...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kent: Encyclopedia Ii - Kent - History
The area has been occupied since the Lower Palaeolithic as finds from the quarries at Swanscombe attest. During the Neolithic the Medway ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kent: Encyclopedia Ii - Kent - Geography
Kent - Physical geography. Kent is the southeasternmost county in England. It is bounded on the north by the River Thames and the North...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - Practical Validity
Evidence for the practical validity of IQ comes from examining the correlation between IQ scores and life outcomes. Research shows that i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - Health And Iq
Persons with a higher IQ have generally lower adult morbidity and mortality. This may be because they better avoid injury and take better...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahatma: Health And Healing Dictionary On Mahatma
Mahatma: Sanskrit word for a great man.   (See also: Mahatma , Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Shaman: Health And Healing Dictionary On Shaman
Shaman: A medicine man/woman or witch doctor.   (See also: Shaman , Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - Practical Validity
Evidence for the practical validity of IQ comes from examining the correlation between IQ scores and life outcomes. Research shows that i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ionizing Radiation: Encyclopedia Ii - Ionizing Radiation - Example: Electromagnetic Radiation
The energy of a photon (i.e., a quantum of electromagnetic radiation) is given by the Planck equation: E = hν where E is the energy o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ionizing Radiation: Encyclopedia Ii - Ionizing Radiation - Types Of Radiation
Ionizing radiation is produced by radioactive decay, nuclear fission and nuclear fusion, extremely hot objects (thermal or blackbody radi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ionizing Radiation: Encyclopedia Ii - Ionizing Radiation - Sources Of Ionizing Radiation
Ionizing radiation - Natural background radiation. Natural background radiation comes from four primary sources: cosmic radiation, sola...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ionizing Radiation: Encyclopedia Ii - Ionizing Radiation - The Effects Of Ionizing Radiation On Animals
We tend to think of biological effects of radiation in terms of their effect on living cells. For low levels of radiation exposure, the b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wireless Lan: Encyclopedia Ii - Wireless Lan - Types Of Operation
Wireless LAN - Peer-to-peer or ad-hoc mode. This mode is a method for wireless devices to directly communicate with each other. Operati...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Breatharianism: Alternative Health Dictionary On Breatharianism
Breatharianism (breatharian): Dietary practice advocated in the 1980s by Wiley Brooks, author of Man's Higher Consciousness. Brooks cl...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Direct Healing: Alternative Health Dictionary On Direct Healing
direct healing: Form of private prayer (see prayer) and self-healing. Its principle is that imperfection - including poverty, sickness...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Esoteric Healing: Alternative Health Dictionary On Esoteric Healing
esoteric healing (Seven Ray techniques): Exact science expounded in Esoteric Healing (1953) by English-born Theosophist Alice A. Baile...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - Iq Score Distribution
IQ scores are expressed as a number normalized so that the average IQ in an age group is 100. In other words, an individual scoring 115 i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - History
Alfred Binet and his colleague Theodore Simon created the Binet-Simon scale in 1905, which used testing to identify students who could be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - Iq Score Distribution
IQ scores are expressed as a number normalized so that the average IQ in an age group is 100. In other words, an individual scoring 115 i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - Iq And General Intelligence Factor
Main article: General intelligence factor Modern IQ tests produce scores for different areas (e.g., language fluency, three-dimensional t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - Genetics Vs Environment
The role of genes and environment (nature vs. nurture) in determining IQ is reviewed in Plomin et al. (2001, 2003). The degree to which g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - Brain Size And Iq
Main article: Brain size and intelligence Modern studies using MRI imaging have shown that brain size correlates with IQ by a factor of a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - The Flynn Effect
Main article: Flynn effect Worldwide, IQ scores appear to be slowly rising, a trend known as the Flynn effect. However, tests are only re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - Use Of Iq In The United States Legal System
The Supreme Court of the United States has also validated the use of IQ results during the sentencing phase of some criminal proceedings....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - Validity And G-loading Of Specific Tests
While IQ is sometimes treated as an end unto itself, scholarly work on IQ focuses to a large extent on IQ's validity, that is, the degree...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - Social Construct?
Some maintain that IQ is a social construct invented by the privileged classes, used to maintain their privilege. Others maintain that in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - Improving Iq
While a large amount of one's IQ is predetermined by genetic factors, the environment can play a role as well. IQ can be improved to a ce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - North American Man/boy Love Association: Encyclopedia Ii - North American Man/boy Love Association - Criticism And Response
Gay groups, Christian groups, anti-sexual abuse organizations, law enforcement agencies and other critics see NAMBLA as a front for the c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - North American Man/boy Love Association: Encyclopedia Ii - North American Man/boy Love Association - History
NAMBLA emerged from the tumultuous political atmosphere of the 1970s, particularly from the wing of the Gay Liberation movement that foll...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Raindrop Therapy: Alternative Health Dictionary On Raindrop Therapy
Raindrop Therapy: A combination of aromatherapy science, massage, reflexology, and Vita Flex. developed from the research of Dr. Gary ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tera Mai Reiki': Alternative Health Dictionary On Tera Mai Reiki'
Tera Mai Reiki' (Tera Mai' system): Form of reiki trademarked by artist and psychic Kathleen Ann Milner, the author of On the Edge Bet...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Healing Tao: Alternative Health Dictionary On Healing Tao
Healing Tao (Healing Tao Practices, Healing Tao System, Healing Tao Warm Current Meditation, international healing Tao system): System...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - Religiousness And Iq
Main article: Religiousness and intelligence Some studies claim a correlation between higher IQ, SAT scores, GPA and degree of religious ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - Politics And Public Health
Because alcohol abuse affects society as a whole, governments and parliaments have formed alcohol policies in order to reduce the harm of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - Politics And Public Health
Because alcohol abuse affects society as a whole, governments and parliaments have formed alcohol policies in order to reduce the harm of...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Anthroposophy: Traditional Medicine Dictionary On Anthroposophy
Anthroposophy , Anthroposophy ,  : Knowledge of the nature of man. A spiritual and mystical doctrine that grew out of theosoph...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - As A Disease
The American Society of Addiction Medicine and the American Medical Association both maintain extensive policy regarding the disease of a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mid-levels: Encyclopedia Ii - Mid-levels - Special Characteristics Of The Mid-levels
One of the reasons for its attraction is that it provides a lot of choices for housing from the very luxurious to small and compact apart...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mid-levels: Encyclopedia Ii - Mid-levels - Famous Streets
Most of the streets in Mid-levels have their own characteristics that mark them different from each other. Each street has a particular t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mid-levels: Encyclopedia Ii - Mid-levels - Recreation
Midlevels is a place with a lot of recreational facilities, as famous parks such as Hong Kong Park and well-known buildings can be found ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mid-levels: Encyclopedia Ii - Mid-levels - Art And Culture
In Mid-levels, you are able to feel the culture trait, ranging from the traditional to the modern cultures. Different sorts of cultural b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mid-levels: Encyclopedia Ii - Mid-levels - Education
Education is greatly emphasized by the Hong Kong government. Therefore it is not surprising to find a lot of schools and colleges in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mid-levels: Encyclopedia Ii - Mid-levels - Health Care
Hospital can be found in Mid-levels, namely the Hong Kong Central Hospital. It plays a very important role in maintaining the healthy and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - As A Disease
The American Society of Addiction Medicine and the American Medical Association both maintain extensive policy regarding alcoholism. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - Screening
Several tools may be used to detect the habitual abuse of alcohol. The CAGE questionnaire, developed by Dr. John Ewing and named for its ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wireless Lan: Encyclopedia Ii - Wireless Lan - Wlan History
WLAN is expected to continue to be an important form of connection in many business areas. The market is expected to grow as the benefits...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - Alcoholism As A Disease
The American Psychiatric Association no longer recognizes the existence of "alcoholism" as a diagnostic category per se. With the publica...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mandala: Alternative Health Dictionary Ii On Mandala
Mandala A Sanskrit word that means "circle" or "centre" - a traditional design often utilising the circle as symbo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - Blood Tests
Although there is no blood test specific for alcohol abuse or alcohol dependence (alcoholism), prolonged heavy alcohol consumption may le...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wireless Lan: Encyclopedia Ii - Wireless Lan - Other Concerns
The frequency which 802.11b operates at is 2.4GHz, which can lead to interference with cordless phones in the super high frequency range....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - Effects
Today, alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence are major public health problems in North America, costing the region's inhabitants, by some ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - Effects
Today, alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence are major public health problems in North America, costing the region's inhabitants an estima...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - Discussion
The use of alcohol in this condition leads to impact upon physical, occupational, marital, educational, and other areas of function, desp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - Biological Mechanism
The consumption of alcohol causes a release of endorphins into our system. Endorphins are one of our body's learning mechanisms - they ac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - Social Impact
The social problems arising from alcohol abuse can include loss of employment, financial problems, marital conflict and divorce, convicti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - Alcohol Withdrawal
There are several distinct but not mutually exclusive clinical alcohol withdrawal syndromes caused by alcohol withdrawal: Tremulousness ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - Social Impact
The social problems arising from alcohol abuse can include loss of employment, financial problems, marital conflict and divorce, convicti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - Alcohol Withdrawal
There are several distinct but not mutually exclusive clinical alcohol withdrawal syndromes caused by alcohol withdrawal: Tremulousness ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wireless Lan: Encyclopedia Ii - Wireless Lan - Modes Of Operation
Wireless LAN - Peer-to-peer or ad-hoc mode. This mode is a method for wireless devices to directly communicate with each other. Operati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - Brain Size And Iq
Main article: brain size and intelligence Modern studies using MRI imaging have shown that brain size correlates with IQ by a factor of r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - The Flynn Effect
Main article: Flynn effect Worldwide, IQ scores appear to be slowly rising, a trend known as the Flynn effect. However, tests are only re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - Sex And Iq
Main article: Sex and intelligence Most IQ tests are designed so that the average IQs of males and females are equal. However, men tend t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - Validity And G-loading Of Specific Tests
While IQ is sometimes treated as an end unto itself, scholarly work on IQ focuses to a large extent on IQ's validity, that is, the degree...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - Social Construct?
Some maintain that IQ is a social construct invented by the privileged classes, used to maintain their privilege. Others maintain that in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - Improving Iq
While a large amount of one's IQ is predetermined by genetic factors, the environment can play a role as well. IQ can be improved to a ce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - History
Alfred Binet and his colleague Theodore Simon created the Binet-Simon scale in 1905, which used testing to identify students who could be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - Distribution
IQ scores are expressed as a number normalized so that the average IQ in an age group is 100. In other words, an individual scoring 115 i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - Iq And General Intelligence Factor
Main article: General intelligence factor Modern IQ tests produce scores for different areas (e.g., language fluency, three-dimensional t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - Genetics Vs Environment
The role of genes and environment (nature vs. nurture) in determining IQ is reviewed in Plomin et al. (2001, 2003). The degree to which g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - Discussion
The use of alcohol in this illness leads to impact upon physical, occupational, marital, educational, and other areas of function, despit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - Effects
Today, alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence are major public health problems in North America, costing the region's inhabitants an estima...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - Treatments
Treatments for alcohol dependence include detoxification programs run by medical institutions. These may involve stays for a number of we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - Social Versus Physical Dependence
Symptoms of a person's dependence on alcohol may include, but are not limited to, a feeling of necessity in regard to consumption of alco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - Treatments
Treatments for alcohol dependence include detoxification programs run by medical institutions. These may involve stays for a number of we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - Social Versus Physical Dependence
Symptoms of a person's dependence on alcohol may include, but are not limited to, a feeling of necessity in regard to consumption of alco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - Diagnosis
There have been many efforts at diagnostic approaches to alcoholism. In a 1992 JAMA article, the Joint Committee of the National Council ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Rolfing: Natural Health Therapy Dictionary On Rolfing
ROLFING: A bodywork approach developed by Swiss-born American biochemist Dr. Ida Rolf. The aim of rolfing is to re-order the major seg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wireless Lan: Encyclopedia Ii - Wireless Lan - Security
Wireless LAN - Concerns. Anyone within the geographical network range of an open, unencrypted wireless network can sniff on all the tra...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mucusless Diet: Alternative Health Dictionary On Mucusless Diet
mucusless diet: Centerpiece of Ehretism. The mucusless diet consists of all green vegetables and all fruit. In an essay titled My Mucu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Baguazhang: Alternative Health Dictionary On Baguazhang
Baguazhang (circle walking, circle walking method, circle walking technique, Pa Kua Chang, Pa Kua Zhang, Taoist Circular Motion of Med...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Agni Dhatu Therapy: Alternative Health Dictionary On Agni Dhatu Therapy
Agni Dhatu Therapy (Agni Dhatu, Samadhi Yoga): Hands-on form of spiritual healing that enables the conscious to experience the Super-C...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Interpretation Of Figs: Dream Dictionary - Figs
  Figs Figs, signifies a malarious condition of the system, if you are eating them, but usually favorable to health and profit ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Dictionary Coca-cola: Meaning Of Dreams About Coca-cola
  Coca-Cola For a woman to dream that she is drinking coca-cola signifies that she will lose health and a chance for marrying a...   » Read the article