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  • The drying process requires a source of heat and a sink that receives the vapor ... is an integral part of timber processing, and food drying is often used ...
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  • to rocks that range in size between 2 and 63 mm. Sometimes, however ... being formed as a result of the weathering and erosion of rocks. The action ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Media Organizations Public Radio (NPR), American Public Media, and Public Radio International ...
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  • or other seasonal adjustments. In military and aviation time, E* ("Echo ... The longitude difference between Mirzapur and the United Kingdom's ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology ... behavior or the social relations of a society, community of people, or ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology ... Category:Marriage and family Surrogacy is an arrangement whereby a ...
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  • Category:Scientists and Mathematicians Cherry, Colin 23, 1979) was a British electronic engineer and cognitive scientist whose ...
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  • engineering, structural engineering, and transportation engineering ... today deal with the planning, construction, and maintenance of power plants ...
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  • Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human characteristics and qualities ... shaped religious thought. Polytheistic and monotheistic faiths have apprehended ...
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  • 1935) was an American newspaper publisher, and former owner of The New York ... 12, 1858 to German-Jewish immigrants, Julius and Bertha Levy Ochs, in Cincinnati ...
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  • sericulture (cultivation of silk worms) and the weaving of threads from ... Ancient Chinese matriarchal society revered Fuxi’s predecessor, ...
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  • paintings, rock carvings, grave markers, and stones positioned for religious ... See History of Korea, History of North Korea, and History of South ...
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  • the study of different types of materials and the applications of knowledge ... Materials used in early human history included metals, glasses, and ...
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  • track items owned, orders made, bills paid, and patrons who have borrowed. database, software to act on that database, and two graphical user interfaces ...
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  • it was one of the few known propellants and explosives until the middle ... limited to guns using black powder, and some jurisdictions have special ...
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  • 26, 1988) was a Welsh academic, novelist and critic. He was an influential ... McLuhan's writings on technology and society. This is the background ...
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  • an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American ... of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS), and the International Academy ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... Category:Marriage and family Matchmaking is the process of introducing ...
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  • of the Tripitaka (Buddhist scriptures, and the Sanskrit word for "three ... Buddhist scholars consider the Tripitaka Koreana the best preserved ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Communication billboards 11 014.jpg|thumb|250px|Billboards and street advertising in Shinjuku ...
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  • refers to the entire structure that carries (and includes) the machine. In ... by Muslim geographers.Ahmad Y. Hassan, and Donald Hill, 1986, Islamic ...
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  • combines the tasks of harvesting, threshing, and cleaning grain crops. on the field is the remaining dried stems and leaves of the crop with limited ...
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  • 1823-1899) was a Japanese naval officer and statesman during the Late ... Kanrin-maru, a tiny triple-masted schooner, and escorted the first Japanese ...
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  • of many major science museums in the world and is a part of the National ... The Museum has well integrated the past and the future of sciences and ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Media Organizations ... journal of the National Geographic Society. It has become one of the ...
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  • 30, 1852 - March 1, 1911), a Dutch physical and organic chemist, was the first ... doctor, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, and Alida Jacoba Kolff. ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Education [[Image:Landaff 1940s.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Teacher and student in ...
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  • the best-known universities in South Korea, and the top women's university ... Methodist Missionaries Mary Scranton, and Henry G. and Ella D. Appenzeller ...
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  • 8, 1950) was an economist from Austria and a giant in the history of ... 8, 1883. He was always a brilliant student and praised by his teachers. He ...
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  • historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology, and literary critic. Particularly ... to be the foundation of a thriving society. He was critical of many ...
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  • A dystopia (from the Greek δυσ- and τόπος, alternatively, ... Some academic circles distinguish between anti-utopia and dystopia ...
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  • by clarifying the structure of sugars and enzymes and demonstrating ... Germany, the son of Laurenz Fischer and Julie Poensgen. He was the ...
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  • Jang Yeong-sil was a fifteenth century Korean scientist and astronomer ... are justifiably proud of Jang's legacy and have honored his memory by ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Education ... A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education and ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... herding is a pivotal part of Nuer culture, and most aspects of daily life ...
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  • The field of electronics comprises the study and use of systems that ... The study of new semiconductor devices and surrounding technology ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Education ... Vocational education (or Vocational Education and Training (VET), ...
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  • to various historical events, experiences, and social, cultural phenomena ... functions to legitimize power, authority, and social customs. A grand narrative ...
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  • opposed to print, microform, or other media) and accessible by computers. ... A digital library has a number of advantages and problems not found ...
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  • manipulation, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of information ... the perspective of the stakeholders involved and then applying information ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... A Dolmen (also known as cromlech, anta, Hünengrab, Hunebed, quoit ...
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  • Category:Educators and Educational theorists Seguin, Edouard with mentally handicapped children in France and the United States. He was ...
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  • magazines and newsletters, e-text or other e-books (whether scholarly ... or encourage self-archiving by authors and institutions. ...
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  • for the analysis, design, manufacture, and maintenance of mechanical ... The beginnings of mechanical engineering go back to the craftsmen ...
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  • Category:Universities and Colleges own sake rather than for job preparation, and valuing the idea of community ...
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  • close linkage between environmental health and human development, as well ... casts sustainable development as economic and social growth that "meets ...
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  • The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), constitute an elite group ... IIT has combined an excellent plan to create a world class science ...
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  • in milk processing, in cheese processing, and in the "single-grain ... ==Early life and career== Born on a farm in Oneida County, New York ...
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  • Digital preservation is a set of processes and activities that maintain ... to require more constant, proactive, and ongoing attention than preservation ...
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  • of southern Korea: Baekje, Goguryeo, and Silla. The fall of Baekje ... in science, skilled in martial arts, and outstanding in the arts of ...
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