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- Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...s foundation of the [[Imperial Academy of Arts|Academy of Fine Arts]] in [[Saint Petersburg|St. Peters...
7: ...[[Kolomenskoye]], near [[Moscow]], on the 18th of December [[1709]]. As her parents were not married a...
9: ...luency than accuracy. From her earliest years she delighted every one by her extraordinary beauty and ...
11: ...hat on the death of her mother (May 1727) and the departure to [[Holstein]] of her beloved sister Anne...
15: ...banishment to [[Siberia]], minus his tongue, by order of the empress [[Anna of Russia|Anne]], consoled... - Immune system (14564 bytes)
1: ...e narrow sense, many higher organisms have organs dedicated to the maintenance of immunity, such as th...
3: It is often divided into the two sections of innate and adaptive imm...
6: .... While study of the bacterial immune system provides useful insights into immunology, higher organism...
8: ...e immune system is an organ system that acts as a defense against foreign [[pathogen]]s (such as [[vir...
11: ...rders ([[immunodeficiency]] and [[autoimmune disorder|autoimmunity]]) arise from failures of discrimin... - Retina (13061 bytes)
3: ... of the eye which converts [[light]] into nervous signals.
5: ...ant part in [[visual perception]]. In [[embryonal development]], the retina and the optic nerve origin...
9: ...s in the retina have been used for [[biometric]] identification.
12: ... the peripheral retina. The edge of the retina is defined by the [[ora serrata]]. The length from one ...
14: ...heir axons. This spatiotemporal pattern of spikes determines the raw input from the eyes to the brain.... - Nerve (2497 bytes)
1: ...le of '''nerve fibers''' or [[axon]]s, which includes the [[glia]] that ensheath the axons in [[neuron...
2: ...e fiber|efferent]]''' nerves conduct stimulatory signals ''from'' the brain to the [[muscle]]s and [[glan...
4: These signals, sometimes called nerve impulses, are also known...
5: The signals cross over from the terminus to the adjacent neu...
13: ...rs because when a nerve is damaged, signalling is defective from all parts of the area which the nerve... - Clavichord (3295 bytes)
3: ...bout the fourteenth century and continued to be made until the 1840s, and was revived by Arnold Dolmet...
5: ... volume of the note can be changed by striking harder or softer, and the pitch can also be varied by v...
9: ... labelled ''organ'' by the composers and now regarded as organ repertoire were in fact more accurately...
13: ...Miklos Spanyi, and fine modern copies have been made by makers including Peter Bavington, Martin Kathe...
15: ...vichord which uses a magnetic pickup to provide a signal for amplification. - Shofar (6586 bytes)
5: ...ng from the thick cloud on [[Mount Sinai]] that made all the [[Israelites]] tremble in awe (Exodus xix...
7: ...ib. xlvii. 5). More frequently it was used as the signal-horn of war, like the silver trumpets mentioned i...
9: The [[Torah]] describes the first day of the seventh month (1st of...
11: ...mpets in the center and with a shofar on either side. On those occasions the shofarot were rams' horns...
15: ...ted in colors, but it may be carved with artistic designs ([[Shulkhan Arukh]], [[Orach Chayim]], 586, ... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Thomas Jefferson
3: | image name=Seal_us_presdent.jpg
4: | order=Third President
7: | preceded=[[John Adams]]
8: | succeeded=[[James Madison]] - Feed (1445 bytes)
3: ...en to or meant for livestock (also called ''"[[fodder]]"'').
5: # To supply a [[signal]] to the [[input]] of a [[system]], subsystem, eq...
6: # A coupling device between an antenna and its transmission line....
7: ...[[facility]] between (a) the point of origin of a signal, such as is generated in a [[radio]] or [[televis...
11: ...is also an abbreviation for Front End Engineering Design. - Belgium (31774 bytes)
1: ...Belgien'') is a country in [[Western Europe]], bordered by the [[Netherlands]], [[Germany]], [[Luxembo...
4: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
5: |+<big>'''Royaume de Belgique'''<br>'''Koninkrijk Belgi맧'<br>'''K?re...
7: {| border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="background:...
10: ...enter width=130px | ([[Coat of Arms of Belgium|In Detail]]) - Football (soccer) (22343 bytes)
3: ...striker (wearing red shirt) has run past the defender (in white shirt) and is about to take a shot at ...
11: ...nd minimal equipment requirements have no doubt aided its spread and growth in popularity. In many par...
27: === History and development ===
28: ... football and the parallel development of other codes).
30: ...y College, Cambridge]] in 1848, at a meeting attended by representatives from [[Eton College|Eton]], [... - Agis II (2300 bytes)
1: ...]) was a [[Eurypontid]] king of [[Sparta]], the eldest son of [[Archidamus]] and half brother of [[Age...
3: ...bably in [[427 BC]], and as king was the chief leader of Spartan military
6: ...tory within his grasp when he unaccountably concluded a four months' truce and withdrew his forces.
8: ...thens, which was ended in spring 404 by the surrender of the city.
10: Subsequently he invaded and ravaged [[Elis]], forcing the Eleans to ackn... - Electronic musical instrument (4501 bytes)
3: ...ts are sometimes called [[sound effect]]s; the border between sound effects and actual musical instrum...
7: Electronic musical instruments are now widely used in most styles of music.
10:
12: ...strument was the [[Telharmonium]], built by [[Thaddeus Cahill]] in [[1906]]. Employing electric genera...
14: ...n RF field. This was followed in 1928 by the [[Ondes Martenot]] which had a keyboard as well as sever... - Flag (13245 bytes)
1: [[Image:Delaware_flag.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Delaware State Flag]]
3: ... is a flag if it is flown like a flag, with one side attached, though many flags are recognisable if d...
9: ... thousands of years, the origin of flags in the modern sense is a matter of dispute. Some believe flag...
11: ...]], and in [[China]] they were the [[general]]s under the imperial army.
13: ...ems of flag signals (see [[International maritime signal flags]]). - National flag (3434 bytes)
6: ... [[stern]] of the ship, or from a [[gaff]] when underway. Both these positions are superior to any oth...
9: ...gh these two do in fact use slightly different shades of blue as a distinction. Furthermore, it is als...
13: ...n (where this is possible) except as a [[distress signal]].
32: *[[Flag desecration]] - Great Wall of China (10504 bytes)
1: ...story|nomadic tribes]] coming from areas now in modern day [[Mongolia]] and [[Manchuria]].
5: ...ut to insure that semi-nomadic people on the outside of the wall could not cross with their [[horses]]...
16: ...all of China. It remains the world's longest manmade structure.]]
18: ...e towers communicated by [[Smoke signals|smoke to signal]] invasion.
20: ...rategic value as the people who the Wall was intended to keep out were ruling the country (becoming th... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
11: *[[Archimedes]], (circa 287 BC-212 BC), [[Greece]]
12: *[[Manfred von Ardenne]], (1907-1997), [[Germany]]
14: ...s]],(1927 - June, 1996)of the [[Canada|Canadian]] Department of Agriculture — instant mashed po...
19: *[[Robert Baden Powell]]- scouting movement
22: ... U.S. solar inventor and developer; architectural designer. - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: ...e ]]A '''carnivorous plant''' is a [[plant]] that derives some or most of its
16: *Bladder traps, which suck in prey with a bladder that generates an internal vacuum; and
22: most [[sundew]]s, whose leaves undergo rapid growth, aiding in the retention and
27: Pitfall traps have evolved independently on at least four occasions. The simplest pitf...
29: ...enus, the leaves are quite clearly evolutionarily derived from a simple - Cell biology (3658 bytes)
1: ...unction ([[physiology]]) and eventual [[apoptosis|death]]. This is done both on a [[microscope|microsc...
3: ...ese fundamental similarities and differences provide a unifying theme, allowing the principles learned...
4: ...]], [[biochemistry]], [[molecular biology]] and [[developmental biology]].
8: ...the plasma membrane, proteins destined to be degraded move back into intracellular compartments <!-- (...
17: *Proteins extracted from [[membrane]]s by [[detergent]]s and [[salt]]s. - Cell (biology) (28190 bytes)
3: The [[cell theory]], first developed in the [[19th century]], states that all [...
15: ...nergy stored in organic molecules. This energy is derived from [[metabolic pathway]]s.
17: *Response to external and internal [[signal transduction|stimuli]] such as changes in tempera...
21: ...mes (''dark blue''). The drawing on the ''right'' demonstrates how bacterial DNA is housed in a struct...
23: ...ms) that function and survive more or less independently, through ''colonial'' forms with cells living... - Endoplasmic reticulum (5319 bytes)
21: ...tions from the nucleus). Their rough appearance under electron microscopy led to their being called ro...
26: ...he coarse ER manufactures and transports proteins destined for membranes and secretion.
32: ...oxification of the cell (enzymes in the smooth ER detoxify chemicals), and [[calcium]] storage. It als...
43: Correct folding of newly made proteins is made possible by several ER proteins including: [[PDI]...
44: Only properly folded proteins are transported from the RER to the [[G...
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