Orientability, for surfaces, is easily defined, regardless of whether the surface is embedded in an ambient space or not. Any surface has a triangulation: a decomposition into triangles such that each edge on a triangle is glued to at most one other edge. We can orient each triangle, by choosing a direction for each edge (think of this as drawing an arrow on each edge) so that the arrows go from head to tail as we go around the boundary of the triangle. If we can do this so that in addition triangles sharing an edge have arrows on that edge ...

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Orientability, Orientability - Examples in low dimensions, Orientability - Orientation by a triangulation, Orientability - Orientation by top-dimensional forms, Orientability - Orientation and vector bundles

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Definition and meaning of orientation:

orientation - the way an organism positions itself in relation to environmental cues

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

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Orientalism - Imitations of Oriental styles. Similar ambivalence is evident in art and literature. From the Renaissance to the 18th century Western designers attempted to imitate the technical sophistication of Chinese ceramics with only partial success. Chinoiserie is the catch-all term for the fashion for Chinese themes in decoration in Western Europe, beginning in the late 17th century and peaking in waves, especially Rococo Chinoiserie, ca 1740-1770. Early hints of Chinoiserie appear, in ...

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Orientalism, Orientalism - Meaning of the term, Orientalism - History of Orientalism, Orientalism - Orientalism in the arts, Orientalism - Imitations of Oriental styles, Orientalism - Depictions of the Orient in art and literature, Orientalism - Examples of Orientalism in the arts, Orientalism - Edward Said and Orientalism, Orientalism - Criticisms of Said, Orientalism - From Oriental Studies to Asian Studies, Orientalism - A mirror image: Eastern views of the West, Orientalism - Suggested reading

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Resection is a method of orientation (direction or position finding) using a compass and topographic map. Resection - External links. eHow guide on Resection eHow guide on how to get unlost in the wilderness Map-reading.com guide to resection SurvivalIQ guide to resection ...

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Resection, Resection - Orientation, Resection - External links, Resection - Surgery

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Coin orientation is a feature of coins. When viewing one side of a coin with coin orientation, the coin must be flipped about its horizontal axis in order to see the other side the correct way up. In other words, the image on one face of the coin is upside-down relative to the other. Coins with coin orientation include United States coinage and pre-Euro French coinage. Compare medallic orientation. ...

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Affectional orientation is an alternative term for sexual orientation. Those people who prefer it argue that one's orientation goes far beyond sexuality. To holders of this view, one's orientation is defined by whom one is predisposed to fall in love with, sexual attraction being only a part of a larger dynamic. The term is also used by those who consider themselves asexual to describe the gender or genders they are romantically attracted to. The terms used for different affectional orientations are typically the same as are used fo ...

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The Oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis) is a large species of cockroach, measuring about 1 inch in length at maturity. It is dark brown to black in colour and has a glossy body. The female Oriental cockroach has a somewhat different appearance to the male, it appears to be wingless at casual glance but has two very short and useless wings just below its head. It has a wider body than the male. The male has long wings, which cover a majority of its body and are brown in colour, and has a more narrow body. Neither the mal ...

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Vallès Oriental is a comarca (county) in Catalonia, Spain, European Union. Its capital is Granollers. Along with Vallès Occidental it forms the grand comarca of Vallès. Vallès Oriental - Municipalities. Aiguafreda - pop. 2,308 Ametlla del Vallès, L' - pop. 7,319 Bigues i Riells - pop. 7,155 Caldes de Montbui - pop. 15,536 Campins - pop. 354 Canovelles - pop. 14,668 Cànoves i Samalús - pop. 2,375 Cardedeu - pop. 15,018 Caste ...

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History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Father Christ the Son The Holy Spirit The Bible Old Testament New Testament Apocrypha The Gospels Ten Commandments Sermon on the Mount Christian theology Salvation · Grace Christian worship Christian Church Catholicism Orthodox Christianity Protestantism Christian denominations< ...

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• Oriental Orthodoxy - Oriental Orthodox Communion
• Oriental Orthodoxy - Assyrian Church of the East

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The Congregation for the Oriental Churches (Congregatio pro Ecclesiis Orientalibus) is the congregation of the Roman Curia responsible for contact with the Oriental Catholic Churches for the sake of assisting their development, protecting their rights and also maintaining whole and entire in the one Catholic Church, alongside the liturgical, disciplinary and spiritual patrimony of the Latin Rite, the heritage of the various Oriental Christian traditions. It has exclusive authority over the following regions: Egypt and the Sinai ...

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• Congregation for the Oriental Churches - Prefects

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Biological factors / Choice / Environment Demographics / History Gender role / Gender identity Human sexual behavior / Animal sexuality Critiques of sexual behavior Gay rights / Laws / Same-sex marriage Homophobia / Biphobia / Psychology Medical science / Gay community Two-Spirit / Violence against LGBT people History of the Gay Community ...

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• Biology and sexual orientation - Twin Studies
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• Biology and sexual orientation - Correlations with matriarchal lineage birth order and female fertility
• Biology and sexual orientation - Testosterone correlation
• Biology and sexual orientation - Pheromones correlation
• Biology and sexual orientation - Early fixation hypothesis
• Biology and sexual orientation - Fetal development
• Biology and sexual orientation - Pre-natal hormones in males
• Biology and sexual orientation - Correlations with matriarchal lineage birth order and female fertility
• Biology and sexual orientation - Pathogenic theory
• Biology and sexual orientation - Imprinting/Critical period
• Biology and sexual orientation - Chance events

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In software engineering, the programming paradigm of aspect-oriented programming (AOP), also called aspect-oriented software development (AOSD), attempts to aid programmers in the separation of concerns, or the breaking down of a program into distinct parts that overlap in functionality as little as possible. In particular, AOP focuses on the modularization and encapsulation of cross-cutting concerns. Gregor Kiczales and his team at Xerox PARC originated this concept. This team also d ...

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• Aspect-oriented programming - Join Point Models
• Aspect-oriented programming - The Pointcuts and Advice JPM in AspectJ
• Aspect-oriented programming - Inter-Type Declarations in AspectJ
• Aspect-oriented programming - Other Join Point Models
• Aspect-oriented programming - Weaving
• Aspect-oriented programming - AspectJ: an AOP language
• Aspect-oriented programming - AOP and other programming paradigms
• Aspect-oriented programming - Problems for AOP
• Aspect-oriented programming - Implementations
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Process Oriented Psychology refers to a body of theory and practice that encompasses a broad range of psychotherapeutic, personal growth, and group process applications. It is more commonly called Process Work in the United States, the longer name being used in Europe and Asia. Process Oriented Psychology - History. Process Work was founded by Arnold Mindell, then a Jungian analyst, in the late 1970’s. It has its origin in Mindell’s observation that nighttime dreams both mirrored and were mirrored in hi ...

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• Process Oriented Psychology - Core Ideas of Process Work
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Different cultures, time periods, and belief systems have diverse variations in their opinions on the morality of homosexuality, bisexuality and the choice of sexual orientation in general. In recent decades, many societies which formerly treated homosexuality as a crime have now repealed those laws on the basis of civil rights, privacy rights, and changing social attitudes. The increasing social acceptance of homosexuality has been attributed to a range of diverse causes, including the sexual revolution, the gay rights movement, a gr ...

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• Religion and sexual orientation - Hinduism
• Religion and sexual orientation - Greco-Roman religion
• Religion and sexual orientation - Mythological figures who engaged in same-sex love

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Oriental Small-clawed Otters, (aka Asian Small-Clawed Otters) are the smallest otters in the world. They feed on mollusks, crabs and other small aquatic animals. These otters are found in mangrove swamps and in freshwater wetlands. Oriental Small-clawed Otters are found in Indonesia, Southern China, Southern India, the Philippines and Southeast Asia. Other related archivesAsia, China, India, Indonesia, Philippines, animals, crabs, mangrove, mollusks, otters, swamps

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It is difficult to be precise about the origin of the distinction between the "West" and the "East". However the rise of both Christianity and Islam produced a sharp opposition between European Christendom and the Muslim cultures to the East and in North Africa. During the Middle Ages Islamic peoples were demonised as "alien" enemies of the Christian world. European knowledge of cultures further to the East was very sketchy indeed. Nevertheless, there was a vague awareness that complex civilisations existed in India and China, from which lux ...

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Orientalism, Orientalism - Meaning of the term, Orientalism - History of Orientalism, Orientalism - Orientalism in the arts, Orientalism - Imitations of Oriental styles, Orientalism - Depictions of the Orient in art and literature, Orientalism - Examples of Orientalism in the arts, Orientalism - Edward Said and Orientalism, Orientalism - Criticisms of Said, Orientalism - From Oriental Studies to Asian Studies, Orientalism - A mirror image: Eastern views of the West, Orientalism - Suggested reading

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Despite this often mixed tradition, the word "Orientalism" carried no negative freight. Respected institutions like the Oriental Institute of Chicago or the London School of Oriental and African Studies carried the term without reproach. "Oriental" was simply understood as the opposite of "occidental" ('western'). The word began to develop negative connotations following the publication of the groundbreaking work Orientalism by the Palestinian scholar Edward Said. Following the ideas of Michel Foucault, Said emphasized the relationshi ...

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Orientalism, Orientalism - Meaning of the term, Orientalism - History of Orientalism, Orientalism - Orientalism in the arts, Orientalism - Imitations of Oriental styles, Orientalism - Depictions of the Orient in art and literature, Orientalism - Examples of Orientalism in the arts, Orientalism - Edward Said and Orientalism, Orientalism - Criticisms of Said, Orientalism - From Oriental Studies to Asian Studies, Orientalism - A mirror image: Eastern views of the West, Orientalism - Suggested reading

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Orienteering originated in Scandinavia, as a military exercise, in the 19th century. The competitive sport form began in Norway where the first competition was held near Oslo in 1897. It gained popularity with the development of more reliable compasses in the 1930s. Orienteering started to spread to countries outside Scandinavia in the 1960s. The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) was established in 1961 and the firs ...

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Orienteering, Orienteering - History, Orienteering - Basic play, Orienteering - Map and control details, Orienteering - Equipment and clothing, Orienteering - Race types, Orienteering - Relay, Orienteering - Score, Orienteering - Sprint, Orienteering - Night, Orienteering - MTB Orienteering, Orienteering - Ski Orienteering, Orienteering - Trail Orienteering, Orienteering - Other variations

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Another way of thinking about orientability is thinking of it as a choice of "right handedness" vs. "left handedness" at each point in the manifold. Formally, a n-dimensional differentiable manifold is called orientable if it possesses a differential form ω of degree n which is nonzero at every point on the manifold. Conversely, given such a form ω, we say th ...

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Orientability, Orientability - Examples in low dimensions, Orientability - Orientation by a triangulation, Orientability - Orientation by top-dimensional forms, Orientability - Orientation and vector bundles

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