Search results for "Self control" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • and reproduction positions them to help control populations of ants and ... 1993; Walker 1991). Echidnas also help to control populations of prey species ...
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  • help maintain blood volume and control renal excretion of electrolytes. ... *Mineralocorticoids help maintain blood volume and control renal excretion ...
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  • open system boundaries is usually called a control volume, and it may or may ... Substitution into the equation above for the control volume cv yields: ...
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  • and blood-thirsty differ markedly from Aro self-descriptions. ... sacrifice, trading network, and economic control of the hinterland. Aro control ...
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  • Yale School of Medicine) opened a birth control clinic in New Haven, Connecticut ... the home," and attempted to "control a personal relationship ...
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  • In the early nineteenth century, control of Egypt switched to the ... Ministry of Culture has had complete control of all ancient Egyptian ...
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  • Acidity regulators are used to change or otherwise control the acidity and alkalinity of foods. ;Anticaking agents : Anticaking agents keep powders ...
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  • according inability to address or "control" these risks, can result ... and transportation systems, air traffic control system and more complex ...
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  • with the sultan of Ternate. But full control of this trade was not possible ... prolonged struggles and intrigue to gain control of Run island, then the ...
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  • in 1757 left Martha a rich widow, with independent control over a dower inheritance for her lifetime and trustee control over the inheritance of her ...
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  • A bureaucratic administration under the control of the ruler enforces the ... The method by which a ruler exercises his control, or shu (術 shù ...
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  • one person enables another person's self-destructive behavior such ... Those who may be called codependent typically exhibit high self-sacrifice ...
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  • The greatest disadvantage is loss of control over the business, as there ... This allows the franchiser careful control of marketing strategies ...
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  • owner of the New York Herald, assumed control of the Tribune. Under Reid ... the conspiracy by slave owners to seize control of the federal government ...
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  • in establishing churches. After the war, control over existing churches was ... Bureau in Shreveport: the Struggle for Control of the Red River District ...
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  • II reversed her policy and ultimately lost control of the kingdom to the Romans ... into prison, where she died, and took control of the throne. After a short ...
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  • leaving the capital Seoul under American control, a prime consideration. ... Kim used the power of government to seize control of land owned by Koreans ...
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  • during sexual intercourse and in this way control the conception of children. ... vasectomies as a means to deal with birth control in the group, emphasize ...
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  • Originally, a client king under Roman control, Odaenathus had become the ... As a result, Paul was able to maintain control of his bishopric as long ...
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  • but in 637 C.E., the area came under the control of the Muslims, and the ... for this reason, and placed under the control of a waqf—a traditional ...
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  • rule of Brazil in return for uncontested control of Sri Lanka. ... from Portugal. As a result, Afonso took control of the throne and his mother ...
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  • recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); permethrin ... * Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 2008. [http://www ...
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  • Bethlehem was briefly returned to Crusader control by treaty between 1229 and 1244. monastery adjoining the Basilica, whose control they shared with the Latins ...
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  • In 1896, Ochs acquired control of the New York Times. He mortgaged ... the descendants of Ochs still maintain control over the paper, and it has ...
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  • The Union of Soviet Writers was founded to control the output of authors, and ... as a totalitarian means of imposing state control on artists. ...
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  • day ceiling fan; each fan had its own self-contained motor unit, eliminating ... * Pull-chain/pull-cord control. This is the most common method of ...
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  • Argentine and Brazilian commercial control. It was repeatedly besieged ... of giving a centralized government control over economic planning and ...
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  • conspiracy he saw of slave owners to seize control of the federal government ... Stevens was the leader of the Radical Republicans who had full control ...
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  • the Arabs about territory that they might control after World War I, assuming ... their respective spheres of influence and control in the Middle East after ...
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  • nations are reluctant to act except from self-interest and are disinclined ... any of the other participants. France won control of the bishoprics of Metz ...
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  • of the cell, along the front glass plate. Control circuitry charges the electrodes ... cells thousands of times per second, the control system can increase or decrease ...
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  • *Voluntary Response: A response that the individual has control over. ... stimuli, which would then acquire control over their behavior in the ...
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  • slaveowners sought to redefine their control over slaves as control over ... the country was officially Marxist, under control of the Military Council ...
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  • internationalization of aviation and drug control and aid to victims of Nazi ... recognizing no common religious or ethical control nor any accepted rules of ...
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  • on Earth, have the unique ability to control fire. Based on this ability ... a main source of energy. The ability to control fire enabled them to cook ...
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  • and Bordered Yellow Banners, gaining control of the two strongest and ... Huang Taiji, as emperor, held control of the three most elite of the ...
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  • a person thought to be under "mind control" from a religious or ... quot;cults" that engage in "mind control." In this view, adherents ...
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  • offspring exactly as he plans to control his ultimate prey. He employs ... Economic abuse is when the abuser has complete control over the victim ...
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  • unit and produces eggs either by self-fertilization or cross-fertilization ... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for treatment ...
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  • all academies were placed under government control to become preparatory schools ... 937—942, when the area was under the control of the Southern Tang, a ...
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  • Georgia, Beria continued to effectively control the republic's Communist ... who was executed in 1940. After assuming control of the NKVD, Beria replaced ...
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  • multiple factions and since Trotsky was a self-described "non-factional ... in exile and could not exercise direct control over Pravda. Vyacheslav ...
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  • and also acts as a neutron absorber in control rods in nuclear power plants. ... Hafnium is used to make control rods for nuclear reactors because ...
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  • he warned that if the masses were to gain control, human society would revert ... that where the common people gain control of government, civilization ...
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  • fluids to transmit force at a distance from the control point. Hydraulic earth-moving machinery and hydraulic control systems in aircraft are well-known ...
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  • === Allosteric control === Allosteric inhibitors are often used to ... with a substrate. This allosteric control of enzymatic action helps ...
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  • and for some the imposition of state control over their way of life. ... and local governments trying to socially control citizens by punishing them ...
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  • * Bactericides for the control of bacteria * Fungicides for the control of fungi and oomycetes * Herbicides for ...
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  • for 22 years, Munjeong did not give up control when her son reached the ... by the Chinese Emperor, who had some control of Korea throughout almost ...
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  • between the Taira and Minamoto clans for control of Japan at the end of the ... loyalty to one's lord; negation of the self; self-sacrifice unto death; ...
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  • the space shuttle, act under direct human control. Other robots act autonomously ... movable structure under some form of control. Generally, a robot's ...
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  • into the memory of a device to control computations was invented ... out a computation, or altering the control flow of instructions. ...
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  • == Erosion control == [[Image:TerracesBuffers.JPG|thumb|right|250px ... Erosion control is the practice of preventing or controlling wind ...
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  • that the local government would take control of its charitable schools ... Article 30.(1) gives them greater control over their educational institutions: ...
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  • also helped to account for the large-scale control the party exercised over ... production was one of collective political control, and that the new class ...
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  • trade, the Nabateans exercised political control over the region, which was ... The Holy Roman Empire, however, was unable to maintain control over ...
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  • This strategy allowed the court some control over the provinces, and ... in 1153, Taira no Kiyomori assumed control of the Taira and ambitiously ...
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  • * Inclusion of programming code in a model to control and relate desired ... instructions to Computer Numerical Control CNC machines ...
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  • Totila's strategy was to move fast and take control of the countryside ... the Eastern Emperor for the time being in control of Italy. ...
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  • (king). The Portuguese gradually took control of the coastal strip throughout ... supporters, attempting to wrest control of Luanda from the MPLA ...
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  • protection device used to extinguish or control a fire, often in emergency ... measure—but once the fire is out of control, the safest recourse is ...
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  • on cars, machines, buildings, process control systems and safety installations ... for step counters, user interface control, and switching between portrait ...
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  • quite benign. Charges of "mind control," economic exploitation ... as did several other violent acts—both self-destructive and against society—by ...
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  • the passage of a city charter putting the control of the city into the hands ... this enabled Tweed to further his control of the cities operations ...
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  • India and start a rebellion against Indian control. Launched in August 1965 ... planners, could have given Pakistan control over a unified Kashmir; ...
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  • of 1936, the UK insisted on retaining control over the canal. However ... *August 25, 1882 — Britain took control of the canal. ...
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  • tribe known as the Kidarites took control, who were replaced in the ... Around 670 C.E., the Hindu-Shahi dynasty took control. ...
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  • after World War I. It came under Jordanian control in 1948 but was seized by ... sent his own people, the Macedonians, to control the city (Eusebius, "Chronicon ...
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  • involved in management until Conrad Black took control in 1986. ... day operation under Max Hastings' overall control. ...
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  • from the Tokugawa and put it under his own control. In 1869, the daimyo of ... new centralized government needed strong control over local administrations ...
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  • The lake's importance declined when the Byzantines lost control ... shore. In 1967, the State of Israel took control of the entire Sea of Galilee ...
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  • Reuter retired from the news agency in 1878, handing control over ... Company. In 1878, Reuter retired, handing control of the company over to his ...
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  • detection of precipitation, air traffic control, police detection of speeding ... radar in fields as diverse as air traffic control, weather monitoring, astrometry ...
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  • *1956-1965 Jeep Forward Control **FC-150 **FC-160—Spain, India **FC-170 **M676 **M677 **M678 **M679 *1959-1978 M151 MUTT ** M151A1 ...
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  • #039;s age, are factors that one cannot control. However, there are other ... age-related macular degeneration in a case-control study,] Archives of Ophthamology ...
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  • kingdoms of Baekje and Silla struggled for control of the peninsula. Observers ... after 1966 reflected the success of birth control programs. In 1962, the government ...
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  • The society held close control over the development of Liberia until ... The ACS maintained control over the colony of Liberia until 1847 when ...
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  • spawning an industry of pop psychology, self-help, personal counseling ... 1997. “Neurocircuitry of stress: central control of the hypothalamic-pituitary ...
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  • sake of simplicity, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention recommends ... * Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2005. [http://www.cdc ...
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  • and circumstances beyond her control. The process by which outlaws ... and circumstances beyond her control. She eventually develops ...
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  • allowing a high degree of instantaneous expressive control. ... to fipple flutes. However, direct contact control also makes the transverse ...
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  • each year to the Centers for Disease Control (Longe 2006). ... and anti-convulsant drugs can be used to control seizures (Chamberlin and ...
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  • amount of voltage or electrical current to control a larger change in voltage ... and they both conduct current under the control of an input voltage. ...
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  • and maintained political power through control of the media and propaganda ... Committee under Zhou Enlai, took over control of the country. Jiang Qing ...
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  • is proportional to the current. Speed control can be achieved by variable ... since, unless quickly brought under control, the motors can reach speeds ...
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  • that largely acts independent of conscious control (involuntarily) and consists ... sudomotor neurons, i.e., the ones that control sweating) ...
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  • The Organized Crime Control Act (U.S., 1970) defines organized crime ... legislators are especially targeted for control by organized crime via bribes ...
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  • daimyo (feudal lords) who sought to take control of Japan in the late stage ... and Tokugawa Ieyasu in their ambitions to control all of Japan, and might ...
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  • (Polisario) independence movement dispute control of the territory, with Morocco ... borders, would not be able to adequately control its territory and might ...
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  • belief in the Pharaoh’s divinity and ability to control the Nile was a central motif of the political system, it was accompanied by motif of universal ...
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  • from Western Liang, who proceeded to seize control of the capital under the ... court in Xuchang. With the emperor in his control, Cao Cao quickly subdued ...
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  • and how to avoid them, as well as birth control methods. ... valuable or detrimental; the use of birth control such as condoms and hormonal ...
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  • to promote liberty the government must control those factors already existing ... liberalism. He claimed that the collective control of industry and agriculture ...
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  • in the blood and other body fluids helps control the pH level (acidity) of ... is an equilibrium reaction and it helps control the pH level of blood. ...
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  • The Derg did not fully establish control over the country, and the ... that some of these NGOs were under Derg control or influence, and that some ...
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  • controlled the "heartland" would control the world, and proposed ... a balance between the powers trying to control the heartland. ...
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  • In 1799, Canning became a commissioner of the Board of Control, followed ... and in 1816, he became President of the Board of Control. ...
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  • pedal is also used in mud or soft dirt to control a tire that spins due to ... gives the operator more automobile-like control over the speed of the tractor ...
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  • dominate the Muslim world, assume active control of the spice trading network ... Albuquerque intended to dominate the Muslim world, assume active control ...
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  • used to mobilize the Reserve Army to take control of German cities, disarm ... commander in France, who would take control in Paris when Hitler was ...
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