The K factor, a term used to denote the rate of heat transmission through a material ( B.t.u./sq. ft. of material/hr./*0F./in. of thickness ) ranges from 0.24 to 0.28 for flexible urethane foams and from 0.12 to 0.16 for rigid urethane foams, depending upon the formulation, density, cell size, and nature of blowing agents used.

Table 1,, p. 394, shows a comparison of K factor ratings of a number of commercial insulating materials in common use, including two different types of rigid urethane foam.

where R is the rainfall erosivity factor, K is the soil erodibility factor, L and S are topographic factors representing length and slope, and C and P are cropping management factors.

In order to get agreement with experimental results, Fresnel found that the individual contributions from the secondary waves on the sphere had to be multiplied by a constant, i / λ, and by an additional inclination factor, K ( χ ).

K. Fulford, A. Smirnov, and E. Snow state: " An important vulnerability factor, therefore, for the abuse of psychiatry, is the subjective nature of the observations on which psychiatric diagnosis currently depends.

K-factor or K factor may refer to:

* K factor ( traffic engineering )

The noise factor is defined as the ratio of the output noise power of a device to the portion thereof attributable to thermal noise in the input termination at standard noise temperature ( usually 290 K ).

where Y is total output, K is the stock of capital in the economy, L is the labor force ( or population ) and A is a " catch all " factor for technology, role of institutions and other relevant forces which measures how productively capital and labor are used in production.

Here G is final average grain size, G < sub > 0 </ sub > is the initial average grain size, t is time, m is a factor between 2 and 4, and K is a factor given by:

Here Q is the molar activation energy, R is the ideal gas constant, T is absolute temperature, and K < sub > 0 </ sub > is a material dependent factor.

with t the day of calculation ; N the number of constituent shares in the index ( usually 40 ); Q < sub > i, t </ sub > the number of shares of company i on day t ; F < sub > i, t </ sub > the free float factor of share i ; f < sub > i, t </ sub > the capping factor of share i ( exactly 1 for all companies not subject to the 15 % cap ); C < sub > i, t </ sub > the price of share i on day t ; Q < sub > i, 0 </ sub > the number of shares of company i on the index base date ; C < sub > i, 0 </ sub > the price of equity i on the index base date ; and K < sub > t </ sub > the " adjustment coefficient for base capitalization " on day t ( reflecting the switch from the French franc to the Euro in 1999 ).

* K factor crude oil refining

This is the present value factor for K.

* Vitamin K is an essential factor to a hepatic gamma-glutamyl carboxylase that adds a carboxyl group to glutamic acid residues on factors II, VII, IX and X, as well as Protein S, Protein C and Protein Z.

Deficiency of Vitamin K may also contribute to bleeding disorders because clotting factor maturation depends on Vitamin K.

They are set on a so-called " K factor " which determines the average value of price rises above the current rate of inflation ( RPI ) for the next five years.

Woodward's dissertation director was Howard K. Beale, a Reconstruction specialist who promoted the Beardian economic interpretation of history that deemphasized ideology and ideas and stressed material self-interest as a motivating factor.

Sometimes the factor charges the seller ( the factor's " client ") both a discount fee, for the factor's assumption of credit risk and other services provided, as well as interest on the factor's advance, based on how long the advance, often treated as a loan ( repaid by set-off against the factor's purchase obligation, when the account is collected ), is outstanding .< Ref Name =" CPA "> J. G. Siegel, N. Dauber & J. K. Shim, " The Vest Pocket CPA ", Wiley, 2005 .</ ref > The factor also estimates the amount that may not be collected due to non-payment, and makes accommodation for this in pricing, when determining the purchase price to be paid to the seller.

Some of the first homes were crude shanties until the residents could later build their homes, such as the J. K. Wead home and the B. L.

It was K. Lawrence Perera, the pioneer of the Borelassa Passion play who brought innovative changes in 1924 by using living actors instead of statues as “ he thought that the Passion shows done in Church premises with statues were “ crude ” and unworthy of so lofty a theme as the passion of Christ .” ( The Folk Drama of Ceylon, p. 126 ).

Other crude fakes show a misalignment of the second letter ' A ' of ANNA with the ' K ' of DAWK ; and in other fakes the ' 1 / 2 ' is not separated from the central heartshaped emblem.

Vitamins come from a number of sources including fresh fruit and vegetables ( Vitamin C ), carrots, liver ( Vitamin A ), cereal bran, bread, liver e ( B vitamins ), fish liver oil ( Vitamin D ) and fresh green vegetables ( Vitamin K ).

Works of art depicting valkyries include " Die Walküren " ( sketch, 1818 ) by J. G. Sandberg, " Reitende Walküre " ( fresco ), previously located in Munich palace but now destroyed, 1865 / 1866 by M. Echter, " Valkyrien " and " Valkyriens død " ( paintings, both from 1860 ), " Walkürenritt " ( etching, 1871 ) by A. Welti, " Walkürenritt " ( woodcut, 1871 ) by T. Pixis, " Walkürenritt " ( 1872 ) by A. Becker ( reproduced in 1873 with the same title by A. v. Heyde ), " Die Walkyren " ( charcoal, 1880 ) and " Walkyren wählen und wecken die gefallenen Helden ( Einherier ), um sie vom Schlachtfield nach Walhall zu geleiten " ( painting, 1882 ) and " Walkyrenschlacht " ( oil painting, 1884 ) by K. Ehrenberg, " Walkürenritt " ( oil painting, 1888, and etching, 1890 ) by A. Welti, " Walküre " ( statue ) by H. Günther, " Walkürenritt " ( oil painting ) by H. Hendrich, " Walkürenritt " ( painting ) by F. Leeke, " Einherier " ( painting, from around 1900 ), by K. Dielitz, " The Ride of the Valkyries " ( painting, from around 1900 ) by J. C. Dollman, " Valkyrie " ( statue, 1910 ) and " Walhalla-freeze " ( located in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, 1886 / 1887 ), " Walkyrien " ( print, 1915 ) by A. Kolb, and " Valkyrier " ( drawing, 1925 ) by E. Hansen.

SeaDade, supported by billionaire shipping magnate Daniel K. Ludwig, would have located an oil refinery on the bay.

In response, Hunt approached several other businessmen who had also unsuccessfully sought NFL franchises, including fellow Texan and oil man K. S.

However by 1989, it faced strong competition from convenience stores owned by oil companies, and Circle K declared bankruptcy in 1990.

Another oil company, Canada-based Irving Oil, leased out its convenience stores operating under the Bluecanoe and Mainway banners in the United States and Atlantic Canada to Couche-Tard, which rebranded the locations to Circle K in July 2008, while still selling Irving-branded fuel.

Civil, Mechanical, and Electrical Engineering, Drawing and Printing, Architecture and Photo engraving, Textile Chemistry including Dyeing, Bleaching, Sizing & Printing, oil and Soap making etc., With the assistance of German experts and foreign trained teacher under the able stewardship of Principal T. K. Gajjar.

In the mid-19th century, industrialist M. K. Sidorov started to drill for oil in this area.

K Line Offshore AS was founded in Arendal, Norway in October 2007 as a subsidiary of K Line to provide offshore support services to oil and gas fields.

The K factor is the number of degree days in any given period divided by the number of gallons of fuel oil used in a given period.

For Federal Grades 0. 5, 1, and 2 and ISO grades K, 00, and 0 no oil or color should be visible under the gauge block.

The rhizome oil of Alpinia speciosa K. Schum.

Since then, Epidemic Dropsy has been reported from Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Assam, J & K, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Delhi and Maharashtra, mainly due to consumption of food cooked in argemone oil mixed with mustard oil or occasionally by body massage with contaminated oil.

Cardiac Failure: The inhibition of Na < sup >+</ sup >- K < sup >+</ sup >- ATPase activity of heart by sanguinarine is due to interaction with the cardiac glycoside receptor site of the enzyme, which may be responsible for producing degenerative changes in cardiac muscle fibers in the auricular wall of rats fed argemone oil and could be related to tachycardia and cardiac failure in Epidemic Dropsy patients.

From 1990-92 he was joint-Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy in both the Thatcher and Major governments responsible for oil, gas and renewable energy policy, a field in which he took a leading interest through the establishment of the first Government U. K. Renewable Energy Advisory Group which he chaired and the introduction of the first Non Fossil Fuel Obligation in Parliament which initiated Government support for renewable energy.

The LAS-system mainly refers to a mix of lithium -, silicon -, and aluminum-oxides with additional components e. g., glass-phase forming agents such as Na < sub > 2 </ sub > O, K < sub > 2 </ sub > O and CaO and refining agents.

The main factor that gives importance to these waters is the fact that it connects the Caribbean Sea and Lake Maracaibo, an important source of crude petroleum for Venezuela.

The widespread availability of cheaper kerosene was the principal factor in the precipitous decline in the whaling industry in the mid-to-late 19th century, as the leading product of whaling was oil for lamps.

Another factor in the demise of the rotary was the fundamentally inefficient use of fuel and lubricating oil caused in part by the need for the fuel / air mixture to be aspirated through the hollow crankshaft and crankcase, as in a two-stroke engine.

( For example, oil was a factor in Japan's decision to go to war against the United States in 1941, and the oil cartel, OPEC, used an oil embargo of sorts in the wake of the Yom Kippur War in the 1970s ).

A contributing factor was the rising cost of diesel fuel, a trend that set in after the 1973 oil crisis, which gradually undermined the D & RGW's fuel-consuming " fast freight " philosophy.

Copra, the dried coconut meat that yields coconut oil, once an important Comoran export, had ceased to be a significant factor in the economy by the late 1980s, when the world's tastes shifted from high-fat coconut oil toward " leaner " substances such as palm oil.

A major factor in the scandal was a transfer of certain oil leases from the jurisdiction of the Department of the Navy to that of the Department of the Interior, at Fall's behest.

The joint Cyprus-Israel oil and gas explorations are also an important factor for Greece, given its strong links with Cyprus.

The effect of this is to prevent development which harms the interest — except where the value of that interest is over-ridden by some more important factor, for example a requirement for a major road or port or oil pipe.

Agribusiness, as well as some tourism from nearby Lake Kemp, has overtaken oil as the driving factor of the local economy.

While economists and historians agree that access to and control of the access of others to important resources has throughout history been a factor in warfare and in diplomacy, oil imperialism theorists generally tend to assert that control of petroleum reserves has played an overriding role in international politics since World War I.

They discovered the nutritional factor causing rickets, and proved that fat-soluble vitamins present in cod liver oil, or exposure to ultra violet light, could cure and prevent rickets in children.

* External factor shock: instead of a risk factor, shock any index, macro-economic series ( e. g., oil prices, property prices ), or custom series ( e. g., exchange rates ).

In the modern age, the location of oil fields with proven oil reserves is a key underlying factor in many geopolitical conflicts.

Nonetheless, overall fuel economy increased, which was one factor leading to the subsequent 1980s oil glut.

No single factor than the oil embargo did more to produce the soaring inflation of the 1970s, though this event was part of a much larger energy crisis that characterized the decade.

A factor in the recovery from the worst periods of 1982-83 was the radical drop in oil prices due to increased production levels of the mid 1980s, which ended inflationary pressures on fuel prices.

** bunker adjustment factor, sea freight charges which represents additions due to oil prices.