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  • axioms (e.g. field theory, group theory, topology, vector spaces) without any particular application in mind. The distinction between an “axiom” ...
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  • timelike, null, or spacelike if the tangent vector to one point of the geodesic is of this nature. The paths of particles and light beams in spacetime ...
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  • his application of ideas from physics, such as vector forces in the psychological and ethical context. In 1956, Köhler was elected the president ...
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  • [[Image:Sphere section.png|thumb|right|300px|A normal vector to a sphere, a normal plane and its normal section. The curvature of the curve of ...
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  • in North America.” Bulletin of the Society for Vector Ecology 13: 60-81. * Wirth, W. W., and F. S. Blanton. 1974. “The West Indian sandflies ...
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  • terms, escape velocity is a scalar (not a vector) quantity. ==Overview== The phenomenon of escape velocity is a consequence of conservation of ...
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  • rest energy. Next lowest in rest energy are vector mesons (spin 1), where the quark and antiquark have parallel spin. Both come in higher-energy versions ...
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  • * Bimi, L. 2007. Potential vector species of Guinea worm (Dracunculus medinensis) in Northern Ghana. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 7(3): ...
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  • of light," technically the word velocity is a vector quantity, having both magnitude and direction. Speed refers only to the magnitude of the velocity ...
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  • of vacuum condensates, the rho and omega vector bosons were proposed by Sakurai to be force carrying particles for approximate symmetries of ...
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  • Elements of vector calculus: divergence and curl; Gauss' and Stokes' theorems, Maxwell's equations: Differential and integral ...
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  • image:Carbon_nanorim_armchair_povray.PNG | the chiral vector is bent ... image:Carbon_nanorim_zigzag_povray.PNG | the chiral vector is bent ...
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  • In the Standard Model, vector (spin-1) bosons (gluons, photons, and the W and Z bosons) mediate forces, while the Higgs boson (spin-0) is responsible ...
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  • for food, destroy property, spread or are a vector for disease or are a nuisance. Many pesticides are poisonous to humans. [[Image:Cropduster ...
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  • computer graphics—the Digistar I projector used a vector graphics system to display starfields as well as line art. The newest generation of ...
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  • By definition, 1 is the magnitude or absolute value of a unit vector and a unit matrix (more usually called an identity matrix). Note that the ...
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  • carried by the transport host (mechanical vector). For example, food and water ... the population of the definitive host. A vector is usually the intermediate ...
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  • A vector is usually the intermediate host playing an active role in the transmission of the parasite. A permissive host is either a definitive ...
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  • powerful, systems based on probabilistic and vector-based queries. As library users have grown more and more accustomed to these sites and search ...
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  • Malaria. Malaria is a vector-borne infectious disease that involves red blood cells. The malaria parasite spends part of its life cycle in red ...
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