Beta reduction states that an application of the form < tt >( λx. t ) s </ tt > reduces to the term < tt > t := s </ tt > ( we write < tt >( λx. t ) s → t := s </ tt > as a convenient shorthand for “< tt >( λx. t ) s </ tt > beta reduces to < tt > t := s </ tt >”).

; Lambda calculus: A computation consists of an initial lambda expression ( or two if you want to separate the function and its input ) plus a finite sequence of lambda terms, each deduced from the preceding term by one application of Beta reduction.

Beta blockers ' sympatholytic activities reduce heart rate, thereby increasing the ejection fraction of the heart despite an initial reduction in ejection fraction.

; lambda calculus: A computation consists of an initial lambda expression ( or two if you want to separate the function and its input ) plus a finite sequence of lambda terms, each deduced from the preceding term by one application of Beta reduction.

Recombinant expression enables cells to process precursor Interleukin 1 Beta to the mature form of the enzyme.

They find the inhabitants of Beta III ( who seem to be modeled after 19th-century Earth ) are a very static culture, with little or no individual expression or creativity.

Mrs. Sandburg received a Phi Beta Kappa key from the University of Chicago and she was busy writing and teaching when she met Sandburg.

He was born in Cleveland, Ohio and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Michigan ( 1905 ).

Milton Caniff offered another anecdote ( from Phi Beta Pogo, 1989 ) involving Capp and Walt Kelly, " two boys from Bridgeport, Connecticut, nose to nose ," onstage at a meeting of the Newspaper Comics Council in the sixties.

In that special case, the prior and posterior distributions were Beta distributions and the data came from Bernoulli trials.

Beta Crucis, called Mimosa, is a blue-hued giant of magnitude 1. 3, 353 light-years from Earth.

Alpha Centauri, one of the closest stars to the Sun, has a high proper motion ; it will be a mere half-degree from Beta Centauri in approximately 4000 years.

Also called Hadar and Agena, Beta Centauri is a double star ; the primary is a blue-hued giant star of magnitude 0. 6, 525 light-years from Earth.

Beta Chamaeleontis is a blue-white hued star of magnitude 4. 2, 27 light-years from Earth.

The main asterism in Delphinus is Job's Coffin, formed from the four brightest stars: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta Delphini.

Beta Fornacis is a yellow-hued giant star of magnitude 4. 5, 169 light-years from Earth.

Beta Gruis is a red giant variable star with a minimum magnitude of 2. 3 and a maximum magnitude of 2. 0 ; it is 170 light-years from Earth.

She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Vassar in 1928 with a bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics and earned her Master's degree at Yale University in 1930.

Beta Hydri, the brightest star in Hydrus, is a yellow star of magnitude 2. 8, 24 light-years from Earth.

Over a long time, Jews formed distinct ethnic groups in several different geographic areas — amongst others, the Ashkenazi Jews ( of central and Eastern Europe ), the Sephardi Jews ( of Spain, Portugal, and North Africa ), the Beta Israel of Ethiopia, and the Yemenite Jews from the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula.

Like his older brother, Davis Rich Dewey, he attended the University of Vermont, from which he graduated ( Phi Beta Kappa ) in 1879.

Beta Leporis, called Nihal, is a yellow giant of magnitude 2. 8, 159 light-years from Earth.

* Silvereyes is, at the time of Ringworld, the furthest Human world from Earth ( 21. 3 light-years, 60 days at Quantum-I hyperdrive speeds ), orbiting Beta Hydri.

Often referred to as the " Dhak Dhak Girl ", she is famous for her dance in the song " Dhak Dhak Karne Laga " from the film Beta.

By the time Miles Vorkosigan is 20, in The Vor Game, Beta Colony has begun to develop garments which protect the wearer from nerve disruptors.

Aral Vorkosigan meets Cordelia Naismith, a nominal enemy from Beta Colony, at the commencement of another war.

He graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in physics and mathematics from Grinnell College in 1949.

Beta radiation from radioactive decay can be stopped with a few centimeters of plastic or a few millimeters of metal.

Beta radiation from linac accelerators is far more energetic and penetrating than natural beta radiation.

* Beta normal form, a potential state for a term in Lambda calculus

* New forms of computational model, such as the use of process calculi to model biological processes ( notable approaches include stochastic-calculus, BioAmbients, Beta Binders, BioPEPA and Brane calculus ) and constraint-based modeling.

* Using process calculus to model biological systems ( stochastic-calculus, BioAmbients, Beta Binders, BioPEPA, Brane calculus ).

Star Trek Star Charts place the Romulan Empire into the Beta Quadrant of the galaxy, however, in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, they are referred to as an Alpha Quadrant power.

Beta Tucanae consists of a group of six stars that may be loosely gravitationally bound into a system.

He received his MA degree the next year, and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.

When the situation becomes desperate, Shin Hayata, the Patrol's most capable member, holds the key to salvation in the form of the " Beta Capsule ," which, when activated, allows him to transform secretly into the super-humanoid-powered giant from space, who becomes known to the people of Earth as Ultraman.

Ironically, it was partly the rise of true " social " fraternities modelled after Phi Beta Kappa later in the nineteenth century which obviated the social aspects of membership in the organization, transforming it into the honorary society it is today.

Despite initial praise as providing " CD sound quality ", both Beta Hi-Fi and VHS HiFi suffered from " carrier buzz ", where high frequency information bled into the audio carriers, creating momentary " buzzing " and other audio flaws.

Bowdoin came into its own in the 1820s, a decade in which Maine became an independent state as a result of the Missouri Compromise and the college graduated a number of its most famous alumni, including future United States President Franklin Pierce, class of 1824, and writers Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both of whom graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1825.

He is the first boss in E-102 Gamma's side of the story, and is later upgraded into E-101 Beta Mk II, who is Gamma's fifth and final boss.

Gamma wanders into the wrong room and witnesses his brother E-101 Beta being rebuilt, and leaves to go to the other room.

Born in St. Petersburg, Florida and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas, McNally moved to New York City in 1956 to attend Columbia University, where he majored in English and wrote Columbia's annual Varsity Show, graduating in 1960, the same year in which he gained membership into the Phi Beta Kappa Society.

* Beta movement, an illusion of movement where two or more still images are combined by the brain into surmised motion

According to 2nd edition's Manual of Exalted Power: The Alchemicals, subroutine spirits are Autochthon's manufactured counterpart to 1st and 2nd circle demons, and are divided into three tiers based on power, importance and autonomy: Alpha, Beta and Gamma in ascending order, and Autochthon has made his Divine Ministers incapable of spawning new exmachina, 2nd edition material is unclear about the fate of pre-existing 2nd circle exmachina.

Ethiopian Jews, also known as Beta Israel, claim descent from the Tribe of Dan, whose members migrated south along with members of the Tribes of Gad, Asher, and Naphtali, into the Kingdom of Kush, now Ethiopia and Sudan, during the destruction of the First Temple.

After telling Maggie to jump, Beta crashes the truck into the ship, destroying them both and sacrificing himself.

After graduating in 1902 from City College of New York, where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, Frankfurter worked for the Tenement House Department of New York City to raise money for law school.

The remaining 5 % of Jews are divided among a wide array of small groups ( perhaps the Beta Israel group of Ethopian Jews is the most important ), some of which are nearing extinction as a result of assimilation and intermarriage into surrounding non-Jewish cultures or surrounding Jewish cultures.

Beta is a nuclear-powered flying wing which carries Alpha into orbit.

The return journey to the Moon thus proceeds as follows: Beta carries Alpha into Orbit.

Alpha separates from Beta and refuels from tanks previously carried into orbit by Beta.

She was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa at Washington University in St. Louis and a former schoolteacher.

ADRIFT 5 went into Beta status as from 4 April 2011, where it is open for everyone to download.

He had been initiated into the Fraternity's Alpha Beta chapter at Drake University in 1954.

Pi Beta Phi alumnae, initiated members in good standing who have graduated or otherwise left their college or university, can organize into local alumnae clubs or " pockets " ( smaller, less established clubs ) which are recognized by the fraternity.