As part of Linux Affinity and the free AIX Toolboxes for Linux Applications ( ATLA ), open-source KDE Plasma Workspaces and GNOME desktop are also available.

* Affinity ( law ), kinship by marriage

* Affinity ( canon law ), a kinship arising from the sexual intercourse of a man and a woman

* Affinity ( Christian organisation ), formerly known as the British Evangelical Council

* Affinity ( mathematics ), an affine transformation ( which preserves collinearity )

* Affinity ( pharmacology ), in biochemistry, protein-ligand binding

* Affinity ( sociology ), shared interests and commitments between persons in groups, " willingness to associate "

* Affinity ( taxonomy ), mainly in natural history-resemblance suggesting a common descent or type

* Affinity ( band ), A Jazz / Rock band active in the late 60s and early 70s

* Affinity ( Philippines band ), a collective of Manila's premier jazz musicians

* Affinity ( Fire Emblem ), the numerous bonuses units in the videogame Fire Emblem have from sharing support conversations with one another

* " Affinity " ( Stargate SG-1 ), a season 8 episode of Stargate SG-1

* Affinity ( novel ), 1999 novel by Sarah Waters

With the help of local contacts and, after intensive correspondence over the course of years, Morgan analyzed his research and wrote his seminal Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity ( 1871 ), which was printed by the Smithsonian Press.

Affinity groups can be based on a common ideology ( e. g., anarchism, pacifism ), a shared concern for a given issue ( e. g., anti-nuclear, anti-war ) or a common activity, role or skill ( e. g., legal support, medical aid, black blocs ).

The “ Affinity ” Membership, by Singapore Airport Terminal Services Ltd ( SATS ), offers passenger preferential check-in services at their specially designated “ Affinity ” check-in counters and the use of SATS Premier Club lounges available in all terminals of Singapore Changi Airport as well as the lifestyle “ Rainforest ” lounge in Terminal 1, regardless of the class of travel.

This mechanic was extremely powerful and " Affinity " decks quickly monopolised Magic: The Gathering tournaments ( see below ), eventually resulting in sweeping bannings of the most powerful Affinity-related cards in an effort to revive the tournament scene.

It also introduces songs from newcomers like Tekno Dred and Ad Man ( Ad Man was an unnamed composer in the credits ), Affinity, Hybrid, Lynn, and Onyx.

), which reduced the principles of association first to two, Simultaneity and Affinity, and these further to one supreme principle of Redintegration or Totality.

Other groups include Black Student Caucus, Hispanic / Latino ( a ) Association, Affinity representing LGBT students and allies, and the Social Justice Group whose first chair was Lutheran Pastor Mark Powell, Class of 2008.

Affinity chromatography is based on selective non-covalent interaction between an analyte and specific molecules.

Immobilized Metal Affinity Chromatography ( IMAC ) is useful to separate aforementioned molecules based on the relative affinity for the metal ( I. e.

Affinity Laws allow the output of a turbine to be cut the predicted based on model tests.

, Martin Galway was completing his 25th year in the games business, working as operations / production manager and audio director of Certain Affinity, an Austin, Texas based software company.

Affinity Chromatography is a separation technique based upon molecular conformation, which frequently utilizes application specific resins.

In 1978, 60 protesters belonging to the Rocky Flats Truth Force, or Satyagraha Affinity Group, based in Boulder, Colorado, were arrested for trespassing at Rocky Flats, and were brought to trial before Judge Kim Goldberger.

Affinity chromatography is a method of separating biochemical mixtures and based on a highly specific interaction such as that between antigen and antibody, enzyme and substrate, or receptor and ligand.

Affinity immunoelectrophoresis is based on changes in the electrophoretic pattern of proteins through specific interaction or complex formation with other macromolecules or ligands.

Affinity label for the tRNA binding sites on the E. coli ribosome allowed the identification of A and P site proteins most likely associated with the peptidyltransferase activity ; labelled proteins are L27, L14, L15, L16, L2 ; at least L27 is located at the donor site, as shown by E. Collatz and A. P.

* Margaret Prior, the protagonist of Sarah Waters ' Affinity lives on Cheyne Walk.

: Affinity ( and appearance ) depends on the two dragons bred.

He later became a lead developer at Digital Anvil worked on Freelancer and more recently joined Certain Affinity as engineering lead.

Following the merger of the William Sutton Group and Affinity Homes Group on 1 October 2006, Pollard was removed as Chair of William Sutton Homes on 25 April 2007, after he had complained to the Housing Association about the behaviour of the new parent company.

( 1974 ): Some Notes on the Typological Affinity Between Hattian and North-West Caucasian ( Abkhazo-Adygian ) Languages.

* Information about Martin Galway on Certain Affinity web page

* Affinity mask, a bit mask indicating what processor a thread or process should be run on

In 1803 he published a comparative study of linguistics, Etymology of Certain English Words and on Their Affinity to Words in the Languages of Different European, Asiatic and American ( Indian ) Nations and a text on the origin of the first American people, New Views of the Origin of the Tribes and Nations of America ( 1797 ).

An Affinity group is usually a small group of activists ( usually from 3-20 ) who work together on direct action.

The 30, 000 person occupation and blockade of the Ruhr nuclear power station in Germany in 1969 was organized on the Affinity group model.

* 1777: Wenzel publishes Lessons on Affinity, in which he demonstrates that the proportions of the " base component " and the " acid component " ( cation and anion in modern terminology ) remain the same during reactions between two neutral salts.

His first book on the subject, Ketsueki-gata de Wakaru Aisho ( Understanding Affinity by Blood Type ) became a best seller in 1971.

In 2009, lastminute. com attracted much criticism on consumer sites and blogs regarding their association with highstreetmax. com, a brand owned by Adaptive Affinity, in turn owned by US corporation Vertrue.

* " The Affinity between Anthropology and Literature: Reflections on the Poetics of Ethnography in the work of Nikos Kavvadias " by Michelangelo Paganopoulos ( LSE 2007 )

Among groups honoring WCMG and Baim: Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame ; ACLU of Illinois ; Human Rights Campaign ; NOW ; March on Washington Chicago Committee ; Dignity / Chicago ; Affinity ; Greater Chicago Committee ; Association of Latin Men in Action ; and more.

Affinity Media was the previous parent company of IGE, which generated revenue from selling World of Warcraft gold, but Affinity Media later severed ties with IGE., though there is some dispute on this note.