In the 19th century virtually all teaching in the schools of Wales was in English, even in areas where the pupils barely understood English. Some schools used the Welsh Not, a piece of wood, often bearing the letters "W.N.", which was hung around the neck of any pupil caught speaking Welsh. The pupil could pass it on to any schoolmate heard speaking Welsh, with the pupil wearing it at the end of the day being given a beating. Towards the beginning of the 20th century this policy slowly began to change, partly owing to the efforts of Owen Mor ...

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Turkish is spoken in Turkey and by minorities in 35 other countries. In particular, Turkish is used in countries that formerly (in whole or part) belonged to the Ottoman Empire, such as Bulgaria, Romania, the former Yugoslavia (specifically in the Serbian province of Kosovo and Metohija on a local level), and the Republic of Macedonia. About two million Turkish speaking people live in Germany. ...

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Turkish is spoken in Turkey and by minorities in 35 other countries. In particular, Turkish is used in countries that formerly (in whole or part) belonged to the Ottoman Empire, such as Bulgaria, Romania, the former Yugoslavia (specifically in Kosovo and Metohija), the Republic of Macedonia, and Greece. About two million Turkish speaking people live in Germany. Turkish language - Official status. Turkish is the official language of Turkey, and is one of the official languages of Cyprus. In Turkey, the Turk ...

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The economic benefits of the Welsh language are also increasingly being recognised, both by employers and by employees. Throughout Wales more and more employers - in the public, private and voluntary sectors - in response to the growing expectations of their customers, are becoming aware of the benefits of using the language, such as: improving the quality of customer service attracting new customers increasing customer loyalty harnessing goodwill at relatively low cost gaining a marketing edge over competi ...

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Like most languages, there are identifiable periods within the history of Welsh, although the boundaries between these are often indistinct. The earliest extant sources of a language identifiable as Welsh go back to about the 6th century, and the language of this period is known as Early Welsh. Very little of this language remains. The next main period, somewhat better attested, is Old Welsh (Hen Gymraeg) (9th to 11th centuries); this was the language of the laws of Hywel Dda, as well as some poetry from both Wales and S ...

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One characteristic feature of Turkish is vowel harmony, meaning that the same word will have either front or back vowels, but not both. For example, in vişne "sour cherry" i is close unround front and e is open unround front. Stress is usually on the last syllable, with the exception of some suffix combinations and words like masa ['masa]. Turkish language - Consonants. The phoneme /ɣ/ usually refered to as "soft g", "ğ" i ...

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The 2001 census gives a figure of 20.5% of the population of Wales as Welsh speakers (up from 18.5% in 1991), out of a population of about 3 million; however, the same census shows that 25% of residents were born outside Wales. The number of Welsh speakers throughout the rest of Britain is uncertain, but numbers are high in the main cities and there are speakers along England's border with Wales. Even among the Welsh-speakers, few residents of Wales are monolingual in Welsh. However, a large number of Welsh speakers are more comfortab ...

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Ultimate strength is an attribute directly related to a material, rather than just specific specimen of the material, and as such is quoted force per unit of cross section area (N / m2). For example, Ultimate Tensile Strength (UTS) of mild steel is 470MegaN / m2. It is useful to remember that 1P< ...

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The original pitch tone has been replaced by an opposition between syllables with and without the stød. The stød is not a separate phoneme, but a suprasegmental feature that may accompany certain syllables; those with a long vowel or that end with a voiced consonant. The stød is phonemic since many words are kept apart on the basis on the presence or absence of the stød alone, e.g. løber "runner" [ˈlø:b̥ɐ] ≠ løber "runs" See also:

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Danish has 16 vowels: 3) Before /v/. 4) Only before /r/ and perhaps /n, v/ (only høne, bøvet). 5) Only before /n/. The 16 vowels, of which 15 exist in a short variant and 12 in a long variant, are distributed on 11 short and 10 long phonemes, many of which have a more open allophone in the position before and after See also:

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Some possible causes of PVC in adults include the use of illicit substances such as cocaine, amphetamines, alcohol, and tobacco. Medicines including digoxin, sympathomimetics, tricyclic antidepressants, and aminophylline have also been known to trigger attacks of PVC. Heart conditions or a previous history of heart attack, ischemia, myocarditis, dilated or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, myocardial contusion, atrial fibrillation and mitral valve prolapse may cause PVC. Patients with hypomagnesemi ...

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PVCs are diagnosed by an ECG but some patients will need to wear a Holter monitor to record PVCs that occur outside the doctors office or hospital. In healthy individuals, PVCs can often be resolved with continuous rehydration and by reinstating the balance of magnesium, calcium and potassium within the body. PVCs are often benign but may be a sign of a heart condition. ...

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The Danish handbooks (including the pronunciation dictionaries) normally use another transliteration standard known as Dania. It is more similar to the orthography and is to some extent phonological rather than phonetic. E.g. the vowels of stræde "alley" and gade "gade", which are pronounced identical in Modern Standard Danish, are transliterated æ: and ɑ: res ...

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Explanation: "/ x _" = "after x"; "/ _ x" = "before x"; "#" = "word boundary"; "V" = "any vowel", "C" = "any consonant" Notes: 1 Short e is normally = /ɛ/; in a few cases, however, it is = /e/ (f.eks. 2 Short i, y, u are either = /i, y, u/ or /e, ø, ɔ/; before /m, n, ŋ/ ...

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Eczema diagnosis is generally based on the appearance of inflamed, itchy skin in eczema sensitive areas such as face, chest and other skin crease areas. However, given to the many possible reasons of eczema flare ups, a doctor is likely to ascertain a number of other things before making a judgment: An insight to family history Dietary habits Lifestyle habits Allergic tendencies Any prescribed drug intake Any chemical or material ...

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ICD-10 codes are provided where available. Eczema - Allergenic. There are several causes of dermatitis, but the most common ones are related to allergies. (L20) Atopic eczema, the most common, is caused by general systemic allergic reactions, as opposed to contact with an irritant. It is very common in people with related allergic conditions, including asthma or chronic hay fever. (L23) Allergic contact dermatitis, as the name implies, is the result of direct ...

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Hypertension is usually diagnosed on finding blood pressure of 140/90 mmHg or above, measured on both arms. Because blood pressure readings in many individuals are highly variable—especially in the office setting—the diagnosis of hypertension should be made only after noting a mean elevation on two or more readings on two or more office visits, unless the elevations are severe or associated with compelling indications such as diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, heart failure, post-myocardial infarcti ...

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Johannes V. Jensen, Kongens Fald, 1900-01: Rakkeren vred Anders Graas Hest om paa Ryggen og begyndte at aabne den. Blodet laa i en stor brun Pøl, der smeltede sig ned i Sneen, den blegrøde Fraade frøs snart til Is. For hvert Snit af Kniven vældede en Farve ud af den dampende Hestekrop, Kødet spillede i dejlige blaa og røde Farver. Og se Trævlerne blev ved at røre sig, fare sammen og skælve mod Frostluften, de overskaarne Muskler krympede sig som Orme i den svirpende Ild. Det lange Luftrør kom for en Dag, Kindtæ ...

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Danish is written using the Latin alphabet, with three additional letters: æ, ø, and å, which come at the end of the Danish alphabet, in that order. A spelling reform in 1948 introduced the letter å, already in use in Norwegian and Swedish, into the Danish alphabet to replace the letter aa; the old usage still occurs in some personal and geographical names and old documents (for example, the name of the city of Ålborg is often spelled Aalborg). When representing the å sound, aa is treated just like å in alphabetic ...

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The sound system of Danish is in many ways unique among the world's languages. It is quite prone to considerable reduction and assimilation of both consonants and vowels even in very formal standard language. A rare feature is the presence of a prosodic feature called stød in Danish (lit. "push; thrust"), absent in some southern dialects. This is a form of laryngealization or creaky voice, sometimes described as a glottal stop, and can in certain minimal pairs be the only distinguishing feature (e.g. between bønder "peasants" ...

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Atherosclerosis typically begins in later childhood, is usually found in most major arteries, yet is asymptomatic and not detected by most diagnostic methods during life. It most commonly becomes seriously symptomatic when interfering with the coronary circulation supplying the heart or cerebral circulation supplying the brain, and is considered the most important underlying cause of strokes, heart attacks, various heart diseases including congestive heart failure and most cardiovascular diseases in general. Atheroma in arm or more often leg arteries and producing decreased blood flow is called ...

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Elasticity is the ability of a material to return to its previous shape after stress is released. In some materials, the relation between applied stress and the resulting strain is directly proportional (up to a certain limit), and a graph representing those two quantities is a straight line. Hooke's law describes such relationships and is valuable in the study of springs. (see Solid mechanics). In other materials, the relation is not linear at all. In steel, the most common material for making springs, most of the elastic range is linear, though the relation becomes non-linear at the ...

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